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A 37-year-old woman experienced a rare recurrence of stress-induced cardiomyopathy 12 days after her second normal vaginal delivery, presenting with chest discomfort and decreased ejection fraction.
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This case highlights the rare possibility of recurrent postpartum stress-induced cardiomyopathy following a normal vaginal delivery.
Possible late recurrence of postpartum stress cardiomyopathy warrants vigilance; leaves open need for longitudinal risk studies.
Stress induced cardiomyopathy is a disease that shows a dysfunction of the ventricle, but it can be rapidly reversible. It often occurs in older women primarily who suffers from emotional or physical stress. There are some case reports about postpartum stress induced cardiomyopathy. Most of the patients are recovered naturally within days to weeks. We report a case of a 37 years-old woman, who had experienced postpartum stress induced cardiomyopathy 8 years ago, revisited hospital because of cardiomyopathy after secondary delivery. Herein we report a rare case of recurrent stress induced cardiomyopathy after secondary normal vaginal delivery.
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Noh et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Recurrent postpartum stress induced cardiomyopathy (n=1). Normal vaginal delivery was evaluated on Recurrence of stress-induced cardiomyopathy. A 37-year-old woman experienced a rare recurrence of stress-induced cardiomyopathy 12 days after her second normal vaginal delivery, presenting with chest discomfort and decreased ejection fraction.
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