Peripartum cardiomyopathy

Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Definition
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare disorder in which a weakened heart is diagnosed within the final month of pregnancy or within 5 months after delivery.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Alternate Names : Cardiomyopathy - peripartum
Definition ...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Reviewed last on: 5/12/2008
Larry A. Weinrauch, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Private practice specializing in Cardiovascular Disease, Watertown, MA.

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Congestive Heart Failure for the newly postpartum, how common is it?
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Primary amyloid
Primary hyperaldosteronism
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Primary pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary embolus
Pulmonary valve stenosis
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Right-sided heart failure ...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy: Heart failure with no identifiable cause (eg, MI, valvular disorder) can develop between the last month of pregnancy and 5 mo postpartum in patients without a previous heart disorder.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Peripheral arterial disease
Peripheral neuritis
Peripheral neuropathy
Peripheral vascular disease
Perirenal abscess
Peritonitis
Peritonitis - dialysis associated
Peritonitis - secondary
Peritonitis - spontaneous ...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy ... congestive heart failure
Persistent patency of the arterial duct ... heart defect
Physical inactivity ... coronary heart disease, heart disease
Pierre Robin's sequence ... congestive heart failure, cor pulmonale ...

Rarely, heart enlargement and CHF (peripartum cardiomyopathy) develop in the final month of pregnancy or after delivery. Peripartum cardiomyopathy may be caused by viruses or a reaction of the body to infection (immune reaction).

Pregnancy (See: Peripartum cardiomyopathy)
Atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, or other heart rhythm problems in which the heart beats very fast for a long period of time (called Tachycardia-mediated cardiomyopathy) ...

This term is used when coronary heart disease (also called coronary artery disease) or heart attack causes the disease.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy. This term is used when the disease develops in a woman shortly before or after she gives birth.

This is called peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Other diseases which can affect various parts of the body sometimes affect the heart muscle too. A dilated cardiomyopathy may then develop in addition to other symptoms of the disease.

Inflammation of heart muscle from immune system disorders
Metals and other toxic compounds, such as lead, mercury and arsenic
Neuromuscular disorders, such as muscular dystrophy
Pregnancy (peripartum cardiomyopathy)
When to seek medical advice ...

See also: Myopathy, Cardiomyopathy, Carditis, Heart Disease, Heart failure