Case Report
Volume 5 Issue 8 - 2022
Successful Management of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Aboud AlJa’Bari*
Cardiothoracic, Regional and Pain Anesthesia Consultant, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, DMF Hospital, KSA
*Corresponding Author: Aboud AlJa’Bari, Cardiothoracic, Regional and Pain Anesthesia Consultant, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, DMF Hospital, KSA.
Received: June 27, 2022; Published: July 28, 2022



Abstract

30-year-old parturient with lower limb edema underwent cesarean section under spinal anesthesia developed peripartum cardiomyopathy treated successfully as acute heart failure.

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy; Peripartum; Cesarean

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Citation: Aboud AlJa’Bari. “Successful Management of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy”. EC Clinical and Medical Case Reports 5.8 (2022): 36-40.

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