PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
AU  - Vincent L. Sorrell
TI  - Péripartum cardiomyopathy: Causes, diagnosis, and treatment
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.76a.08004
DP  - 2009 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 289--296
VI  - 76
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/5/289.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/5/289.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2009 May 01; 76
AB  - 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.