Peripartum cardiomyopathy: clinical key to diagnosis
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy. Acute heart failure. Heart failure. Pregnancy.Abstract
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an idiopathic cardiomyopathy that is caused by heart failure secondary to a dysfunction of the left ventricle at the end of pregnancy or in the first months following childbirth. The diagnosis is performed by electrocardiogram, radiography of the thorax and increase of natriuretic peptides. Bedside radiography can contribute with data that help early diagnosis. Treatment is carried out following clinical guidelines for heart failure, taking into account potentially teratogenic drugs. The importance of this pathology lies in that it affects women at a fertile age and is potentially mortal, which is why there must be a high index of suspicion for its diagnosis and a differential diagnosis with other entities. In this clinical note we present a series of cases of PPCM with the goal of reviewing the diagnosis and treatment of this entity.
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