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Targeted medical therapy enables near-complete neurological recovery in adolescent peripartum cardiomyopathy with dual thromboembolism.
Case Report (n=1)
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Multidisciplinary management including anticoagulation and heart failure therapy without thrombolysis can lead to successful recovery in rare cases of peripartum cardiomyopathy presenting with concurrent stroke and pulmonary embolism.
A 15-year-old postpartum primipara presented at 19 days with aphasia, right hemiparesis, chest pain, and dyspnea. Diagnostics confirmed concurrent cardioembolic stroke and pulmonary embolism secondary to peripartum cardiomyopathy (ejection fraction 29%). Managed successfully without thrombolysis using low-molecular-weight heparin, bromocriptine, heart failure therapy, and multidisciplinary care, achieving near complete neurological recovery.
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Mkama et al. (2026) conducted a case report in Peripartum cardiomyopathy with concurrent cardioembolic stroke and pulmonary embolism (n=1). Multidisciplinary management (low-molecular-weight heparin, bromocriptine, heart failure therapy) was evaluated on Clinical and neurological recovery.
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