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Multiple intracardiac thrombi complicate PPCM in a 19-year-old woman presenting with dyspnea.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare presentation of multiple intracardiac thrombi in a young patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy.
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Alerts clinicians to intracardiac thrombi risk in peripartum cardiomyopathy; leaves open optimal anticoagulation strategies in young women.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare form of dilated cardiomyopathy that is associated with high maternal morbidity and mortality. Intracardiac thrombus with PPCM could be challenging and proper management of is not well known yet. Herein we report a case of PPCM in a previously healthy 19-year-old woman who presented with dyspnea for 2 weeks and then who was diagnosed with multiple intracardiac thrombus and postpartum cardiomyopathy.
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Açar et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Peripartum cardiomyopathy with multiple intracardiac thrombus (n=1). A 19-year-old woman with peripartum cardiomyopathy presented with dyspnea and was diagnosed with multiple intracardiac thrombi.
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