Key result
A 20-year-old female with peripartum cardiomyopathy complicated by a cardioembolic stroke was successfully managed with long-term anticoagulation and optimized heart failure therapy.
Why the study?
Stroke in young females is rare but carries a serious burden, and peripartum cardiomyopathy represents one of its rare causes.
Case Report (n=1)
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare but important cause of cardioembolic stroke in young postpartum women, requiring a high index of suspicion and multidisciplinary management including anticoagulation.
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Alerts clinicians to peripartum cardiomyopathy stroke risk; hypothesis-generating for anticoagulation strategies pending larger studies.
Stroke in a young female is rare but, when it occurs, has a serious economic, and mental burden to the patient, and family members. Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is one of the rare causes of stroke in young females. We report a case of a 20-year-old female with PPCM complicated by cardioembolic stroke. The patient was started on long-term anticoagulation, and her heart failure regimen was optimized upon discharge. Anticoagulation therapy in cardioembolic stroke prevents further complications.
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Pradhan et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Peripartum cardiomyopathy and cardioembolic stroke (n=1). Anticoagulation and heart failure therapy was evaluated. A 20-year-old female with peripartum cardiomyopathy complicated by a cardioembolic stroke was successfully managed with long-term anticoagulation and optimized heart failure therapy.
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