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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2025

Peripartum cardiomyopathy in a 28-year-old patient-case report.

Katarzyna Hajduk, Aleksandra Gil, Wojciech Papis, Gabriela Skórska, Joanna Śliwka, Szymon Pawlak, Tomasz Hrapkowicz

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Katarzyna HajdukStudent Scientific Association of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland.
Aleksandra GilStudent Scientific Association of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland.
Wojciech PapisStudent Scientific Association of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland.
Gabriela SkórskaStudent Scientific Association of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland.
Joanna ŚliwkaDepartment of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
Szymon PawlakDepartment of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
Tomasz HrapkowiczDepartment of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.

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Abstract

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but serious form of heart failure that occurs toward the end of pregnancy or in the earlypostpartum period. We present the case of a 28-year-old woman who developed severe biventricular heart failure and cardiac arrest shortly after childbirth. Despite treatment with mechanical circulatory support with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) and intra-aorticballoon pump (IABP), her condition did not improve, and she was urgently referred for heart transplantation. Histological examination of theexplanted heart revealed noncompaction cardiomyopathy (NCC), a rare structural heart disease that may mimic PPCM. This case highlights the challenges in diagnosing PPCM and the importance of early intervention, including advanced support and transplant, in cases with poor recovery prospects.

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heart faiIureheart tranplantationperipartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM)postpartum heart failurepregnancy-related cardiomyopathy

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PMID40970193
PMCPMC12440945

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