Open AccessEmergency cesarean section in peripartum cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Suman Lata,
M.V.S. Satya Prakash,
Hemavathy Balachander
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.103386
Subject(s) - peripartum cardiomyopathy , medicine , heart failure , pregnancy , ejection fraction , caesarean section , cardiology , gestation , dilated cardiomyopathy , cardiomyopathy , biology , genetics
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is defined as onset of acute heart failure without demonstrable cause in last trimester of pregnancy or within the first 6 months after delivery. We report a case of PPCM with left ventricular ejection fraction less than 25% who had reported to us at 38 weeks of gestation for emergency caesarean section managed with graded epidural anaesthesia. PPCM is a form of dilated cadiomyopathy with left ventricular systolic dysfunction that results in signs and symptoms of heart failure.