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Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
LAVIES N. G.,
TURNER D. A. B.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1989.tb09268.x
Subject(s) - medicine , peripartum cardiomyopathy , pulmonary artery , pulmonary wedge pressure , pulmonary oedema , pulmonary edema , cardiology , cardiomyopathy , gestation , intensive care , pregnancy , heart failure , intensive care medicine , lung , biology , genetics
Summary A case of peripartum cardiomyopathy that occurred together with pre‐eclampsia is described. This gave rise to pulmonary oedema at 36 weeks’ gestation. Intensive care management and the need for invasive monitoring, especially pulmonary artery wedge pressure, of patients who develop pulmonary oedema in the peripartum period is discussed.