Postpartum cardiomyopathy is defined as a syndrome of cardiac failure occuring in the latter part of pregnancy or in the puerperium, without obious cause and without prior evidence of heart disease, Despite its infrequency, this clinical problem
may
have devastating consequences upon maternal and fetal outcome.
It is important to recognize the association of cardiac failure and pregnancy as a sepqrate syndrome so that, once identified, postpartum cardiomypathy can be treated promatly and aggressively.
We have experienced one case of postpartum cardiomyopathy, which are presented with a brief review of the literature.
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