Miocardiopatia periparto: aspectos relevantes / Peripartum cardiomyopathy: relevant aspects
Rev. méd. Minas Gerais
;
19(4,supl.3): S75-S78, out.-dez. 2009.
Article
in Portuguese
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| ID: lil-568875
RESUMO
A miocardiopatia periparto constitui entidade clínica rara, caracterizada por dilatação cardíaca e manifestações de insuficiência cardíaca grave, capaz de evoluir de forma fatal. Ocorre nos meses finais da gestação ou precocemente no puerpério. Sua etiologia e epidemiologia ainda são pouco conhecidas. Há grande discrepância nos prognósticos observados em relatos de caso, variando desde recuperação completa da função ventricular até fatalidade. Neste artigo é relatada a apresentação da doença de forma típica. O objetivo é enfatizar sua importância para que seja instituída precocemente sua terapêutica, evitando assim sua progressão para formas graves.
ABSTRACT
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare clinical condition characterized by cardiac dilation and signs of severe heart failure and can be fatal. Its main characteristic is to affect women in the final months of pregnancy or early puerperium. Although the high morbidity and mortality, its etiology and epidemiology are poorly known. However, the outcome reports differ widely from complete recovery to death. The article reports a case to illustrate a typical manifestation of the disease. Our objective is to emphasize the importance of the theme not only to cardiologists but also to obstetricians, as the early therapy is the most important way to prevent the progression to severe conditions. Therefore the diagnosis of PPCM requires a lot of care and attention, and preventive counseling after PPCM is important due the increased risk for recurrence in a subsequent pregnancy.
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Main subject:
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular
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Cardiomyopathies
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. méd. Minas Gerais
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/BR
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