Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Complicated by Pulmonary Edema in the Postpartum Period

We report the case of a 42-year-old patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who presented to the emergency department with severe shortness of breath one week following uneventful cesarean delivery. Thoracic CT ruled out pulmonary embolus and confirmed pulmonary edema. Asymmetric interventric...

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Autores principales: Hanneman, Kate, Nguyen, Elsie T., Crean, Andrew M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3638505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23691414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/802352
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description We report the case of a 42-year-old patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who presented to the emergency department with severe shortness of breath one week following uneventful cesarean delivery. Thoracic CT ruled out pulmonary embolus and confirmed pulmonary edema. Asymmetric interventricular septal thickening was clearly identified, demonstrating that the heart may be evaluated even on a non-ECG gated study. Acute pulmonary edema in the postpartum period is an unusual clinical presentation of HCM.
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spelling pubmed-36385052013-05-20 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Complicated by Pulmonary Edema in the Postpartum Period Hanneman, Kate Nguyen, Elsie T. Crean, Andrew M. Case Rep Radiol Case Report We report the case of a 42-year-old patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who presented to the emergency department with severe shortness of breath one week following uneventful cesarean delivery. Thoracic CT ruled out pulmonary embolus and confirmed pulmonary edema. Asymmetric interventricular septal thickening was clearly identified, demonstrating that the heart may be evaluated even on a non-ECG gated study. Acute pulmonary edema in the postpartum period is an unusual clinical presentation of HCM. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3638505/ /pubmed/23691414 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/802352 Text en Copyright © 2013 Kate Hanneman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3638505/
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