Pregnant women are at risk of a variety of physiological and metabolic disorders. Some women are consistently at higher risk of cardiovascular disorder during pregnancy. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is one such cardiovascular disorder that requires high attention from the clinicians. This article will give brief insights about management of patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy. Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an uncommon presentation observed in pregnant women.
It is an abnormal form of heart failure that happens during the last month of pregnancy or up to five months after giving the birth. In PPCM, the heart chambers are enlarged and the muscle weakens. This results in the reduction of aaa percentage of blood ejected from the left ventricle with each contraction. This reduction leads to less blood flow and heart is under severe stress to meet the demands of body’s organs for…
