Peripartum cardiomyopathy—An unsolved mystery to an anesthesiologist

Cardiac diseases in pregnancy pose a multitude of challenges to both anesthesiologists and obstetricians. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is one of the rare causes of dilated cardiomyopathy in parturients with a great diagnostic difficulty. High degree of suspicion along with good clinical experience is...

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Main Authors:	Rashmi HD., Prajwal Patel HS., Shivaramu BT.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8787/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8787/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8787/1/P.304-306.pdf

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spelling	ukm-87872016-12-14T06:48:09Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8787/ Peripartum cardiomyopathy—An unsolved mystery to an anesthesiologist Rashmi HD., Prajwal Patel HS., Shivaramu BT., Cardiac diseases in pregnancy pose a multitude of challenges to both anesthesiologists and obstetricians. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is one of the rare causes of dilated cardiomyopathy in parturients with a great diagnostic difficulty. High degree of suspicion along with good clinical experience is needed for its diagnosis. Unfortunately, mortality from this ranges from 35% to 50%. We report a case of 21-year-old female parturient presenting at 37 weeks of gestation for emergency cesarean delivery with undiagnosed peripartum cardiomyopathy. She developed cardiac arrest soon after giving spinal anesthesia. She was successfully resuscitated and shifted to ICU for further management. Bedside echocardiography was conducted, which showed dilated cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction of 32%. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-06-17 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8787/1/P.304-306.pdf Rashmi HD., and Prajwal Patel HS., and Shivaramu BT., (2015) Peripartum cardiomyopathy—An unsolved mystery to an anesthesiologist. International Journal of Public Health Research, 4 (2). pp. 304-306. ISSN 2232-0245 www.ijphr.ukm.my
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description	Cardiac diseases in pregnancy pose a multitude of challenges to both anesthesiologists and obstetricians. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is one of the rare causes of dilated cardiomyopathy in parturients with a great diagnostic difficulty. High degree of suspicion along with good clinical experience is needed for its diagnosis. Unfortunately, mortality from this ranges from 35% to 50%. We report a case of 21-year-old female parturient presenting at 37 weeks of gestation for emergency cesarean delivery with undiagnosed peripartum cardiomyopathy. She developed cardiac arrest soon after giving spinal anesthesia. She was successfully resuscitated and shifted to ICU for further management. Bedside echocardiography was conducted, which showed dilated cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction of 32%.
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title	Peripartum cardiomyopathy—An unsolved mystery to an anesthesiologist
title_short	Peripartum cardiomyopathy—An unsolved mystery to an anesthesiologist
title_full	Peripartum cardiomyopathy—An unsolved mystery to an anesthesiologist
title_fullStr	Peripartum cardiomyopathy—An unsolved mystery to an anesthesiologist
title_full_unstemmed	Peripartum cardiomyopathy—An unsolved mystery to an anesthesiologist
title_sort	peripartum cardiomyopathy—an unsolved mystery to an anesthesiologist
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2015
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8787/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8787/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8787/1/P.304-306.pdf
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy—An unsolved mystery to an anesthesiologist

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