Pregnancy-induced severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

M Kazimuddin; A Vashist; A W Basher; E J Brown Jr; I A Alhaddad

doi:10.1002/clc.4960211114

Pregnancy-induced severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Clin Cardiol. 1998 Nov;21(11):848-50. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960211114.

Authors

M Kazimuddin¹, A Vashist, A W Basher, E J Brown Jr, I A Alhaddad

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, NY 10457, USA.

Abstract

This paper reports the first case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) that developed postpartum congestive heart failure (CHF) and severe left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction. Review of the literature and clinical implications are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / complications*
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
Heart Failure / etiology*
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular* / diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology*