Open AccessPregnancy‐induced severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Kazimuddin Mohammed,
Vashist Aseem,
Basher Abul W.,
Brown Edward J.,
Alhaddad Imad A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960211114
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , cardiology , heart failure , pregnancy , cardiomyopathy , genetics , biology
This paper reports the first case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) that developed postpartum congestive heart failure (CHF) and severe left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction. Review of the literature and clinical implications are discussed.