[Case of peripartum cardiomyopathy misdiagnosed as pulmonary changes due to COVID-19].

ABSTRACT

A 37-year-old female patient was admitted 16 days after delivery in a hospital for infectious diseases with cough, shortness of breath, and infiltrative changes in the lungs that were interpreted as viral pneumonia. Considering the failure of therapy and the history, peripartum cardiomyopathy was suspected. Examination revealed a decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction to 30 %, ultrasonic signs of lung congestion and bilateral hydrothorax. The patient was diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy accompanied by functional class 4 heart failure. A specific feature of this case was fast positive dynamics with complete regression of the clinical picture of congestion and improvement of the left ventricular myocardial function associated with the treatment.