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Abstract
Peripartum cardiomyopathy or primitive pregnancy-induced cardiomyopathy is a rare and little known entity characterized systolic heart failure occurring in the last month of pregnancy or in the first five months postpartum in the absence of known cause or pre-existing heart disease. We report the case of a 31-year old young patient with no significant past medical history admitted to hospital with congestive left heart failure 1 month after delivery. Presumptive diagnosis was made on the basis of the context of peripartum and justified the realization of CT scan which confirmed this entity.Entities:
Keywords: Peripartum cardiomyopathy; heart failure; pregnancy
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Year: 2016 PMID: 28154713 PMCID: PMC5268752 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.25.21.10372
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1Incidence apicale des 4 cavités montrant un VG dilaté et globuleux
Figure 2Coupe TM sur le VG en incidence parasternale grand axe montrant une dilatation et une dysfonction systolique ventriculaire gauche
Figure 3L'hypothèse physiopathologique de la prolactine selon Hilfiker-Kleiner