Korean J Obstet Gynecol.  2008 Dec;51(12):1504-1508.

A case of acute pulmonary edema with peripartum cardiomyopathy in severe preeclampsia

• Cho HY
• Jun HA
• Moon CY
• Kwon HJ
• Kim SS
• Song JE
• Lee KY

Abstract

Women with severe preeclampsia or eclampsia who develop pulmonary edema most often do so postpartum and some of these women have cardiac failure. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is defined as a cardiac failure occurring in the latter part of pregnancy or in the peripartum, without obvious cause and prior evidence of heart disease. It is very rare but the mortality rate is as high as 10~50%. Here, we describe a case of a woman who has undergone emergency Cesarean section due to complicated severe preeclampsia with acute pulmonary edema and peripartum cardiomyopathy at 33+1 weeks of gestation.

Keyword

Pulmonary edema; Severe preeclampsia; Peripartum cardiomyopathy

MeSH Terms

Cardiomyopathies
Cesarean Section
Eclampsia
Emergencies
Female
Heart Diseases
Heart Failure
Humans
Peripartum Period
Postpartum Period
Pre-Eclampsia
Pregnancy
Pulmonary Edema