Peripartum cardiomyopathy and respiratory failure: Case report [Peripartum kardiyomiyopati ve solunum yetmezliǧi: Olgu sunumu]

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (ppcm) is a rare,life-threatening heart disease of unknown etiology and occurs during the peripartum period in previously healthy women. when a female patient in peripartum has respiratory and cardiac failure,the physicians should be alert about this disease because the complaints are nonspecific. herein,we present a previously healthy 29-year-old case of ppcm who showed nonspecific respiratory symptoms leading to a preliminary diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism (pte). echocardiography was an important tool for establishing the eventual diagnosis of ppcm with a consistent history and clinical background. the diagnosis,clinical course,and treatment of ppcm were reviewed in the light of pertinent literature.