Republication: Sudden Postpartum Death from Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
10.7580/kjlm.2014.38.3.129
- Author:
Won Young PARK
;
Gam Rae JO
;
Gi Yeong HUH
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pulmonary artery hypertension;
Postpartum;
Sudden death
- MeSH:
Adult;
Atherosclerosis;
Autopsy;
Cause of Death;
Death, Sudden;
Dyspnea;
Female;
Humans;
Hypertension*;
Lung;
Maternal Mortality;
Pathology;
Postpartum Period*;
Pregnancy;
Pulmonary Artery;
Shivering
- From:Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2014;38(3):129-132
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We present here a brief literature review and a case study of postpartum pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare and progressive disease with a high maternal mortality rate. The patient, a 32-year-old woman, presented with dyspnea and shivering immediately following an uncomplicated vaginal delivery. The patient had no remarkable individual or familial history. She died 4 hours after her delivery, and an autopsy revealed atherosclerosis of the main pulmonary arteries and characteristic plexiform lesions on the lung. The remaining organs showed no remarkable pathology. We reported pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with pregnancy as the cause of death.
