Key result
Emergency cesarean delivery and medical therapy improve LVEF by ~10 points in peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the presentation and critical management of peripartum cardiomyopathy presenting as acute pulmonary edema in a term pregnancy.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is insufficient congestive heart occurring in the last month of pregnancy and 5 months after delivery, in the absence of preexisting heart disease and identified etiology. This heart disease is associated with echocardiography systolic dysfunction and left ventricular dilatation. Its incidence ranges from 1/3000 to 1/15000, depending on the region, including much higher in some African countries, it particularly concern women over 30 years, multiparous and multiple pregnancies. The pathogenesis remains unclear, the prognosis is closely related to the complete recovery of cardiac function. We report through the clinical case of a woman aged 33 years admitted to the ICU for acute pulmonary edema of sudden onset of a term pregnancy and what to do before this critical situation.
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ghadbane et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Peripartum cardiomyopathy with acute pulmonary edema (n=1). Emergency cesarean section and medical management (furosemide, dobutamine) was evaluated on Clinical recovery and cardiac function improvement. Emergency cesarean delivery and medical management successfully treated a 33-year-old pregnant woman with peripartum cardiomyopathy, improving her ejection fraction from 40% to 50% by day seven.
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