• Am J Emerg Med · Apr 2018

    Case Reports

    What's going wrong with this postpartum woman?

    • Bedriye Müge Sönmez, Murat Doğan İşcanlı, Tamer Durdu, İrfan Kala, Nurullah Tarhan, and Pınar Uysal.
    • Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: mugesonmez06@yahoo.com.
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Apr 1; 36 (4): 737.e1-737.e4.

    AbstractPeripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a left ventricular systolic dysfunction failure emerges during the antepartum or puerperal period, and can result in maternal death. Reported incidences are increasing and differing globally. Echocardiography is the cornerstone for the diagnosis. The immediate goals in acute management are the stabilization of the hemodynamic state, providing symptomatic relief, and ensuring fetal wellbeing. Emergency physicians should be aware of PPCM at the differential diagnosis of dyspnea in pregnancy related emergencies and play role in early diagnosis.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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