Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
A study on Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
... Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an idiopathic and reversible form of dilated cardiomyopathy which is of unknown aetiology with absence of determinable cause for cardiac ...
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An unusual case of peripartum cardiomyopathy manifesting with multiple thrombo-embolic phenomena
... Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare form of heart failure with a reported incidence of 1 per 3000 to 1 per 4000 live births and a fatality rate of ...
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COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO AGE AND SOCIO- ECONOMIC STATUS IN PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY: A CASE STUDY
... e Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a devastating form of cardiac failure affecting women mainly in their last months of pregnancy or early puerperium and often complicating their obstetrics as well as ...
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CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS,ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY AT BPKIHS, A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN NEPAL
... Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a pregnancy associated myocardial disease, reported to occur in different parts of the ...2,3 Peripartum cardiomyopathy was initially described in ...
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Acute and critically ill peripartum cardiomyopathy and 'bridge to' therapeutic options: a single center experience with intra aortic balloon pump, extra corporeal membrane oxygenation and continuous flow left ventricular assist devices
... ‘Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and Office of Rare Disease Workshop’ in 2000 [4]. Several etiologies have been proposed compris- ing myocarditis, auto-immune mechanisms ...
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Bromocriptine use for sudden peripartum cardiomyopathy in a patient with preeclampsia: a case report
... Case presentation: The patient was a 36-year-old woman who underwent emergency cesarean section for a previous preeclampsia and an intrauterine fetal death that occurred after 24 weeks of pregnancy. In addition, the ...
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Fathers’ experiences of care when their partners suffer from peripartum cardiomyopathy: a qualitative interview study
... Fathers? experiences of care when their partners suffer from peripartum cardiomyopathy a qualitative interview study RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Fathers? experiences of care when their partners suffe[.] ...
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Case Report and Mini Literature Review: Anesthetic Management for Severe Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Complicated with Preeclampsia Using Sufetanil in Combined Spinal Epidural Anesthesia
... with peripartum cardiomyopathy complicated with pre- eclampsia based on clinical and echocardiographic findings (Table 2) and was put on oral digoxin ...
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Interest of Ventricular Assist Device in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, a Case Report and Review Article*
... Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare disease affecting women in the last month of their pregnancy or up to five months after delivery; it affects one in every 3000 to 4000 live births in the US each year ...
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Experiences of health care in women with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in Sweden: a qualitative interview study
... about peripartum cardiomyopathy was lacking and they showed distrust and dissatisfaction with care related to negligence and indifference experienced from healthcare ...of peripartum ...
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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Presenting with Predominant Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction: Efficacy of Bromocriptine
... with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is still a major clinical problem, as only half of them or slightly more show complete recovery of left ventricular (LV) function despite conventional evidence-based ...
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy: an integrative review study
... that Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a disease with unknown etiology, which can arise at the end of pregnancy (last month) until five months after delivery, in previously healthy women, and its initial ...
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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Review of the Literature
... Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but serious form of cardiac failure affecting women in the last months of pregnancy or early puerperium. Clinical presentation of PPCM is similar to that of ...
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Prevalence and characteristics of dysfunction of right ventricle in peripartum cardiomyopathy
... diseases. Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is characterized by left ventricular systolic dysfunction occurring between the last month of pregnancy and the fifth month ...
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy: a review
... Abstract: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a form of dilated cardiomyopathy of unclear etiology affecting women without preexisting heart disease during the last month of pregnancy or during the ...
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MicroRNA 146a is a therapeutic target and biomarker for peripartum cardiomyopathy
... Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a life-threatening heart disease of unknown etiology characterized by a sudden onset of heart failure in the last month of pregnancy and/or in the first months postpartum ...
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy: challenges and solutions
... Abstract: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare heart disease which affects previously healthy women toward the end of pregnancy or in the months following ...
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A Pregnant Patient with Aortic Regurgitation and Symptoms of Acute Heart Failure Caused by Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report
... Introduction: Knowledge of the risks of pregnancy with heart disease is im- portant because the maternal mortality is much higher than the average. Pe- ripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is rare but it is one of major ...
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Symptoms in women with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A mixed method study
... It was difficult for the women to express the experiences of symptoms in words for the midwives/health care providers, and sometimes diagnosis was delayed, as symptoms were dismissed as b[r] ...
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Women's Experiences Being Diagnosed With Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
... Capturing women’s PPCM diagnosis experience is important because cardiovascular disease has been identified as the leading cause of maternal mortality in the United States, with cardiomyopathy, including PPCM, ...
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