Peripartum cardiomyopathy, place of drug therapy, assist devices, and outcome after left ventricular assistance

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• 作者：Righab Hamdan ; MD^a ; ^{mdrighabh@hotmail.com} ; Pierre Nassar ; MD^a ; Ali Zein ; MD^b ; Mohamad Issa ; MD^b ; Hassan Mansour ; MD^a ; Mohamad Saab ; MD^c
• 关键词：Peripartum cardiomyopathy ; Left ventricular assist device ; Aortic valvuloplasty
• 刊名：Journal of Critical Care
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：37
• 期：Complete
• 页码：185-188
• 全文大小：556 K
• 卷排序：37

文摘

Peripartum cardiomyopathy remains a challenging obstetric and cardiologic emergency. We report 5 interesting cases of peripartum cardiomyopathy with different clinical courses, with 3 patients requiring left ventricular assist device implantation. One patient underwent pump explantation and aortic balloon valvuloplasty postsurgery. Two patients improved with the medical treatment alone without the need of assistance. We will review main important related issues.