Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Presenting as Bradycardia

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a disease that typically affects young otherwise healthy women. As PPCM is associated with significant mortality, timely diagnosis is necessary to ensure appropriate care. To our knowledge, this represents the first reported case of PPCM presenting as symptomatic...

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Autores principales: Codsi, Elisabeth, Rose, Carl H., Tweet, Marysia S., Hayes, Sharonne N., Best, Patricia J. M., Blauwet, Lori A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5309394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28255481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3670520
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author Codsi, Elisabeth
Rose, Carl H.
Tweet, Marysia S.
Hayes, Sharonne N.
Best, Patricia J. M.
Blauwet, Lori A.
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description Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a disease that typically affects young otherwise healthy women. As PPCM is associated with significant mortality, timely diagnosis is necessary to ensure appropriate care. To our knowledge, this represents the first reported case of PPCM presenting as symptomatic bradycardia. We describe the patient's clinical presentation and relevant findings and review the potential etiology and ramifications of bradycardia in patients with PPCM.
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spelling pubmed-53093942017-03-02 Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Presenting as Bradycardia Codsi, Elisabeth Rose, Carl H. Tweet, Marysia S. Hayes, Sharonne N. Best, Patricia J. M. Blauwet, Lori A. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a disease that typically affects young otherwise healthy women. As PPCM is associated with significant mortality, timely diagnosis is necessary to ensure appropriate care. To our knowledge, this represents the first reported case of PPCM presenting as symptomatic bradycardia. We describe the patient's clinical presentation and relevant findings and review the potential etiology and ramifications of bradycardia in patients with PPCM. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 2017-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5309394/ /pubmed/28255481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3670520 Text en Copyright © 2017 Elisabeth Codsi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3670520
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