Abstract

SANCHEZ-RUBIO LEZCANO, J. et al. Peripartum cardiomyopathy with biventricular thrombi. An. Med. Interna (Madrid) [online]. 2004, vol.21, n.10, pp.42-44. ISSN 0212-7199.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare cause of congestive heart failure which developes in the last month of pregnancy or during five months postpartum in women without previously known cardiac disease. Intraventricular thrombi are no unusual and can be identified by echocardiography. We report the case of a woman with peripartum cardiomyopathy whose echocardiographic study showed the presence of biventricular thrombi. This is a quite rare finding with only two cases reported in the literature. Diagnosis, treatment and special situations that could predispose to intracardiac thrombi formation are discussed.

Keywords : Peripartum cardiomyopathy; Thrombosis; Treatment.

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