An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a weakness of the heart muscle. It is an idiopathic cardiomyopathy that presents with heart failure secondary to left ventricular systolic dysfunction toward the end of pregnancy or in the months after delivery, in the absence of any other cause of heart failure. It is a...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim Khaddash, Amer Hawatmeh, Zaid Altheeb, Aiman Hamdan, Fayez Shamoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2017;volume=20;issue=1;spage=102;epage=103;aulast=Khaddash
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spelling doaj-9eef5255e0cd4224bdef59c030106e452020-11-24T22:59:10ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAnnals of Cardiac Anaesthesia0971-97842017-01-0120110210310.4103/0971-9784.197846An unusual cause of postpartum heart failureIbrahim KhaddashAmer HawatmehZaid AltheebAiman HamdanFayez ShamoonPeripartum cardiomyopathy is a weakness of the heart muscle. It is an idiopathic cardiomyopathy that presents with heart failure secondary to left ventricular systolic dysfunction toward the end of pregnancy or in the months after delivery, in the absence of any other cause of heart failure. It is a rare condition that can carry mild or severe symptoms.http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2017;volume=20;issue=1;spage=102;epage=103;aulast=KhaddashAtrioventricular blockdiastolic mitral regurgitationepidural anesthesia
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Zaid Altheeb
Aiman Hamdan
Fayez Shamoon
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Zaid Altheeb
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An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure
Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Atrioventricular block
diastolic mitral regurgitation
epidural anesthesia
author_facet Ibrahim Khaddash
Amer Hawatmeh
Zaid Altheeb
Aiman Hamdan
Fayez Shamoon
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title An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure
title_short An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure
title_full An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure
title_fullStr An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure
title_full_unstemmed An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure
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publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
issn 0971-9784
publishDate 2017-01-01
description Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a weakness of the heart muscle. It is an idiopathic cardiomyopathy that presents with heart failure secondary to left ventricular systolic dysfunction toward the end of pregnancy or in the months after delivery, in the absence of any other cause of heart failure. It is a rare condition that can carry mild or severe symptoms.
topic Atrioventricular block
diastolic mitral regurgitation
epidural anesthesia
url http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2017;volume=20;issue=1;spage=102;epage=103;aulast=Khaddash
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