Peripartum cardiomyopathy in a patient with Graves' disease.

Abstract

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare life-threatening cardiomyopathy of unknown etiology that occurs during the peripartum period in previously healthy women. Autoimmune and viral factors have been suggested to be involved in PPCM. Here we describe a patient with Graves' disease, which is one of the organ-specific autoimmune diseases, who developed acute heart failure due to PPCM at 2 weeks after her first delivery. The patient recovered completely with conservative treatment for heart failure. An association between PPCM and Graves' disease has not been reported before. PPCM may be an organ-specific autoimmune disease, so the coexistence of other autoimmune diseases should be considered in PPCM patients.

• Authors: Takashi Kajiya, Souki Lee, Makoto Yamashita, Yuichi Sasaki, Yusuke Kamizono, Masakazu Imamura, Koichi Toyonaga, Hitoshi Toda, Nobuyuki Koriyama, Chuwa Tei
• Journal: International journal of cardiology (Int J Cardiol) Vol. 145 Issue 1 Pg. e23-5 (Nov 05 2010) ISSN: 1874-1754 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 19167107 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Letter)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Adult
• Cardiomyopathies (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Female
• Graves Disease (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Humans
• Infant, Newborn
• Male
• Peripartum Period
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular (diagnosis)
• Radiography