LVAD implantation can serve as an effective bridge to recovery or transplantation in patients with severe peripartum cardiomyopathy presenting with cardiogenic shock.
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May support LVAD bridge potential in peripartum cardiomyopathy shock; single case leaves open generalizability.
We report a case of severe post partum cadiomyopathy in severe cardiogenic shock, treated successfully and urgently with the implantation of Left Ventricular Assist device. The patient recovered a normal left ventricle function shortly after implantation. This case illustrates the crucial place of left ventricular assist device in severe post partum cardiomyopathy as a bridge to recovery as well as a bridge to transplantation.
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