Case report: the management for a gestational hypertensive woman with influenza A virus pneumonia and peripartum cardiomyopathy

Case report: the management for a gestational hypertensive woman with influenza A virus pneumonia and peripartum cardiomyopathy

Abstract Background Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is defined as an idiopathic cardiomyopathy occurring in the last month of pregnancy or the first 6 months postpartum without an identifiable cause. PPCM is suspected to be triggered by the generation of a cardiotoxic fragment of prolactin and the...

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Main Authors: Kwok-On Ng, Lok-Hi Chow, Chun-Chang Yeh, Eagle Yi-Kung Huang, Wei-Cheng Liu, Ping-Heng Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Subjects:
Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Caesarean section
Pneumonia
influenza A
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04814-9

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