Peripartum cardiomyopathy: How to be sure of the diagnosis?

Carlos Rebolledo Maldonado 1, Iván Darío Sánchez Arguelles 2, *, Evasandrid Romero Jiménez 2, Iván Alberto Salas Pinzón 2, Alwis Jeaniell Vega Cataño 2 and Iván De Ávila Consuegra 2

1 Physician specialist in internal medicine and supra-specialist in critical care, Postgraduate professor at the Universidad Libre seccional Barranquilla.
2 Internal Medicine Resident, Universidad Libre Seccional Barranquilla.
 
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 22(02), 1037–1042
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.2.1472

 

 
Publication history: 
Received on 04 April 2024; revised on 13 May 2024; accepted on 15 May 2024
 
Abstract: 
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is an entity within the spectrum of heart failure that is related to pregnancy, which can debut with a clinical variety whose diagnosis in many cases is late.
Because the diagnosis is usually of exclusion, it is of interest to the physician, a high clinical suspicion is required to initiate management and avoid irreversible sequelae.
 
Keywords: 
Peripartum Period; Cardiomyopathies; Heart Failure; Pregnancy; Cardiac lesions.
 
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