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European Journal of Heart Failure 2007 9(5):542-544; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.12.007
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© 2006 European Society of Cardiology

Acute management of pregnancy associated cardiomyopathy with cardiac resynchronisation therapy

Dominic Kelly, Peter M. Hickey, Joan Davies, Leong L. Ng and Derek Chin*

Department of Cardiology, Glenfield Hospital Groby Road, Leicester, LE3 9QP, United Kingdom

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 116 2563922. E-mail address: dt.chin@ukgateway.net

Key Words: Heart failure • Pregnancy associated cardiomyopathy • Cardiac resynchronisation

Received May 24, 2006; Revised September 28, 2006; Accepted December 13, 2006

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   1. Background
 
Pregnancy associated or peri-partum cardiomyopathy is a rare maternal complication of gestation with an estimated incidence of between 1 per 3000 to 4000 live births [1,2]. Diagnostic criteria suggested by Demakis et al. [3] include: A: the development of cardiac failure in the last month of pregnancy or within 5 months of delivery; B: absence of an identifiable cause for the cardiac failure; C: absence of recognizable heart disease prior to the last month of pregnancy; and D: echocardiographic left ventricular systolic dysfunction. The aetiology remains unclear although recent studies have suggested a higher incidence in those mothers above 30 years of age and an association . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   2. Case report
 

   3. Discussion
 

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