Key result
Emergency cesarean section and supportive treatments rescue a peripartum cardiomyopathy patient after 58 days.
Why the study?
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare heart disease that threatens the lives of pregnant women.
Case Report (n=1)
Early diagnosis and comprehensive supportive treatment, including emergency cesarean section and advanced therapies like CRRT, can lead to successful recovery in severe peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Single-case PPCM experience supports individualized peripartum supportive care; leaves open optimal adjunctive regimen.
Background : Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is rare heart disease that threatens the lives of pregnant women. Patient : In the current report, we reported a case of a 40-week pregnant patient with PPCM. Diagnoses : The patient was diagnosed with PPCM. Intervention : The patient underwent emergency cesarean section and received other supportive treatments, mainly including cardiotonic, diuretic, bromocriptine, hemodialysis, improvement of cardiac function, blood-pressure-lowering, hepatic protection, supplementing albumin, delactation, promoting uterine contraction, the noninvasive ventilator-assisted ventilation improved oxygen delivery and CRRT reduced cardiac load. Outcomes : The relative clinical symptoms have significantly become better after 58 days treatment and the patient has discharged. Lessons : This case emphasized the significance of early diagnosis of PPCM in pregnant women.
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Ying Ding (2019) conducted a case report in Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) (n=1). Emergency cesarean section and supportive treatments was evaluated on Clinical symptoms improvement and hospital discharge. Emergency cesarean section and supportive treatments led to significant clinical improvement and hospital discharge after 58 days in a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy.
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