Anesthesia for Cesarean Section in a Parturient with Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report.
10.12701/yujm.2010.27.1.52
- Author:
Sae Yeon KIM
1
;
Su Jeong HEO
;
Sun Ok SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungam University, Daegu, Korea. sykim@med.yu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cesarean section;
Dilated cardiomyopathy;
General anesthesia
- MeSH:
Anesthesia;
Anesthesia, General;
Cardiomyopathies;
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated;
Cesarean Section;
Delayed Diagnosis;
Female;
Heart Diseases;
Heart Failure;
Humans;
Hypertrophy;
Peripartum Period;
Pregnancy;
Pregnancy Complications;
Pregnant Women;
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
2010;27(1):52-56
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Idiopathic peripartum cardiomyopathy is an uncommon malady disease. Making the diagnosis is often difficult and it is always necessary to exclude other prior heart disease and other causes of left ventricular dysfunction in pregnant women. Heart failure in these women ensues when the cardiovascular demands of normal pregnancy are further amplified when the common complications of pregnancy complications superimposed upon these underlying conditions that cause compensated ventricular hypertrophy. This may be aggravated by making a late diagnosis and providing inappropriate treatment. We experienced a 38-year-primigravida who has diagnosed with idiopathic peripartum cardiomyopathy and underwent elective cesarean section with general anesthesia.
