Very Rare Cause of Cardiomyopathy in a Child: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

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Very Rare Cause of Cardiomyopathy in a Child: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Very Rare Cause of Cardiomyopathy in a Child: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Authors : Osman Başpınar, Serkan Coşkun

Pages : 1037-1041

Doi:10.54005/geneltip.1684441

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Publication Date : 2025-10-28

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Abstract. Background: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PCMP) is characterized by severe systolic dysfunction of the heart, manifesting with signs and symptoms of heart failure in the last month of pregnancy or within the first five months postpartum in women with no previously known heart disease. Methods: A childhood-age pregnancy mother who presented to our emergency department at 3 months postpartum with complaints of dyspnea, orthopnea, edema, and palpitations. Following the diagnosis of PCMP, standard cardiomyopathy treatment was initiated alongside bromocriptine therapy. However, during follow-up, the patient died due to heart failure. PCMP, which is rare even in adult patients, can also occur in the pediatric age group. The using bromocriptine, which pediatric cardiologists may be less familiar with, in addition to standard heart failure therapy is needed to cure it, but the nature of the disease could be very severe.
Keywords : peripartum kardiyomiyopati, bromokriptin, çocukluk dönemi

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