Peripartum cardiomyopathy

peripartum cardiomyopatyhy heart failure pregnancy

Authors

  • Ana Pisquiy-Quemé
    anabeatrizpisquiy20@gmail.com
    Departamento de Medicina interna, Hospital Regional de Occidente, Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • Gabriela Alvarado-Boj Departamento de Medicina interna, Hospital Regional de Occidente, Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • Victor Pacajoj-Alonzo Departamento de Medicina interna, Hospital Regional de Occidente, Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala., Guatemala
June 20, 2021
December 7, 2021

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a life-threatening condition that usually presents as idiopathic cardiomyopathy that occurs late in pregnancy or in the months after delivery, abortion, or miscarriage, with no other causes of heart failure and w