A case of acute pulmonary edema with peripartum cardiomyopathy in severe preeclampsia / 대한산부인과학회지
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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: 1504-1508, 2008.
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in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-29197
ABSTRACT
Women with severe preeclampsia or eclampsia who develop pulmonary edema most often do so postpartum and some of these women have cardiac failure. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is defined as a cardiac failure occurring in the latter part of pregnancy or in the peripartum, without obvious cause and prior evidence of heart disease. It is very rare but the mortality rate is as high as 10~50%. Here, we describe a case of a woman who has undergone emergency Cesarean section due to complicated severe preeclampsia with acute pulmonary edema and peripartum cardiomyopathy at 33+1 weeks of gestation.
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Main subject:
Pre-Eclampsia
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Pulmonary Edema
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Cesarean Section
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Postpartum Period
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Eclampsia
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Emergencies
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Peripartum Period
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Heart Diseases
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Heart Failure
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Cardiomyopathies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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