TY - JOUR
T1 - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Due to Myocarditis
AU - Melvin, Kenneth R.
AU - Richardson, Peter J.
AU - Olsen, Eckhardt G.J.
AU - Daly, Kieran
AU - Jackson, Graham
PY - 1982/9/16
Y1 - 1982/9/16
N2 - PRIMARY myocardial disease that develops during the course of pregnancy is a rare but exacting diagnostic problem. The variation in the time of onset of this disease from the second trimester of pregnancy until well into the puerperium has led to debate regarding terminology.1,2 We refer to peripartum cardiomyopathy as the new presentation of primary myocardial disease during pregnancy or in the first five months after pregnancy. In the evaluation of patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy it is necessary to exclude or identify myocarditis immediately because of the important therapeutic implications. We have included endomyocardial biopsy in the diagnostic workup of.
AB - PRIMARY myocardial disease that develops during the course of pregnancy is a rare but exacting diagnostic problem. The variation in the time of onset of this disease from the second trimester of pregnancy until well into the puerperium has led to debate regarding terminology.1,2 We refer to peripartum cardiomyopathy as the new presentation of primary myocardial disease during pregnancy or in the first five months after pregnancy. In the evaluation of patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy it is necessary to exclude or identify myocarditis immediately because of the important therapeutic implications. We have included endomyocardial biopsy in the diagnostic workup of.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0020323330
U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198209163071207
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198209163071207
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0020323330
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 307
SP - 731
EP - 734
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 12
ER -