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Severe acute and reversible postpartum heart failure in a patient with anti-phospholipid syndrome highlights the diagnostic overlap between systemic lupus erythematosus and peripartum cardiomyopathy.
This case report highlights the diagnostic challenge of differentiating between systemic lupus erythematosus and peripartum cardiomyopathy in a young woman presenting with severe acute heart failure shortly after childbirth.
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Consider APS/SLE in reversible postpartum HF differentials; leaves open broader diagnostic overlap prevalence.
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Blavnsfeldt et al. (2015) studied this question. Severe acute and reversible postpartum heart failure in a patient with anti-phospholipid syndrome highlights the diagnostic overlap between systemic lupus erythematosus and peripartum cardiomyopathy.
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