Biventricular thrombi associated with peripartum cardiomyopathy

J Health Popul Nutr. 2011 Apr;29(2):178-80. doi: 10.3329/jhpn.v29i2.7862.

Abstract

A 22-year old woman visited the LAMB Hospital, Parbatipur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh, in February 2010, with exertional dyspnea for three weeks. She had had a normal vaginal delivery four months ago; 2-dimensional echocardiogram showed severe left ventricular dysfunction and biventricular thrombi, which resolved without complications after anticoagulation. Biventricular thrombosis with peripartum cardiomyopathy is quite a rare finding, and its clinical course and proper management is not known. No such case has previously been reported in Bangladesh.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bangladesh
  • Cardiomyopathies / complications*
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cardiomyopathies / drug therapy
  • Drug Combinations
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Enalapril / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Furosemide / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Peripartum Period*
  • Puerperal Disorders / diagnostic imaging*
  • Puerperal Disorders / drug therapy
  • Thrombosis / complications*
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thrombosis / drug therapy
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
  • Warfarin / therapeutic use
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • Warfarin
  • Enalapril
  • Furosemide