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Pregnancy in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy led to the first reported case of postpartum congestive heart failure and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
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This case highlights the potential for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy to develop severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction and congestive heart failure postpartum.
This paper reports the first case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) that developed postpartum congestive heart failure (CHF) and severe left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction. Review of the literature and clinical implications are discussed.
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Kazimuddin et al. (1998) studied this question. Pregnancy in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy led to the first reported case of postpartum congestive heart failure and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
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