Péripartum cardiomyopathy: Causes, diagnosis, and treatment

Radhakrishnan Ramaraj; Vincent L. Sorrell

doi:10.3949/ccjm.76a.08004

Péripartum cardiomyopathy: Causes, diagnosis, and treatment

Radhakrishnan Ramaraj, MD
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
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and Vincent L. Sorrell, MD
Vincent L. Sorrell
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Pediatrics, and Radiology, The Allan C. Hudson and Helen Lovaas Endowed Chair of Cardiovascular Imaging, Section of Cardiology, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ
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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
May 2009,
76
(5)
289-296;
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.08004

ABSTRACT

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a life-threatening condition of unknown cause that occurs in previously healthy women during the peripartum period. It is characterized by left ventricular dysfunction and symptoms of heart failure that can arise in the last trimester of pregnancy or up to 5 months after delivery. We review its possible causes and how to recognize and manage it.

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Péripartum cardiomyopathy: Causes, diagnosis, and treatment

Radhakrishnan Ramaraj

Radhakrishnan Ramaraj

and Vincent L. Sorrell

Vincent L. Sorrell

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

May 2009,

76

(5)

289-296;

DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.76a.08004

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Péripartum cardiomyopathy: Causes, diagnosis, and treatment

Radhakrishnan Ramaraj

Radhakrishnan Ramaraj

and Vincent L. Sorrell

Vincent L. Sorrell

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

May 2009,

76

(5)

289-296;

DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.76a.08004

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