Title: | Peripartum Serial Echocardiographic Findings in a Patient with Life-threatening Peripartum Cardiomyopathy |
Authors: | Aoyama, Daisetsu Browse this author |
Hamatani, Yasuhiro Browse this author |
Kamiya, Chizuko Browse this author |
Ohta-Ogo, Keiko Browse this author |
Amaki, Makoto Browse this author |
Kawakami, Shoji Browse this author |
Okada, Atsushi Browse this author |
Takahama, Hiroyuki Browse this author |
Hasegawa, Takuya Browse this author |
Sugano, Yasuo Browse this author |
Kanzaki, Hideaki Browse this author |
Ishibashi-Ueda, Hatsue Browse this author |
Yasuda, Satoshi Browse this author |
Anzai, Toshihisa Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
Keywords: | peripartum cardiomyopathy |
echocardiography |
predictor |
Issue Date: | 1-Nov-2018 |
Publisher: | The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine |
Journal Title: | Internal medicine |
Volume: | 57 |
Issue: | 21 |
Start Page: | 3105 |
End Page: | 3109 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.2169/internalmedicine.0748-17 |
Abstract: | A 35-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for the management of acutely decompensated heart failure due to peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM). Generally, cardiac examinations are performed after the manifestation of heart failure in patients with PPCM. Thus, reports of serial cardiac examinations before the onset of PPCM are scarce. In this case, we were able to document the serial echocardiographic findings before the onset of life-threatening PPCM. We found that the left ventricular systolic function was preserved at 35 weeks of gestation but declined acutely after delivery at 38 weeks. Although speculative, these findings suggest that left ventricular dilation might precede the onset of PPCM. |
Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Type: | article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/72224 |
Appears in Collections: | 医学院・医学研究院 (Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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