To Thin or Not to Thin: A Case of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Journal Articles

abstract

• We describe the case of a 29-year-old woman with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) complicated by multiple cerebral infarcts. Current treatment of PPCM is reviewed with a focus on the role of anticoagulation in PPCM.

authors

• Corriveau, Sophie
• Cooray, Mohan
• Douketis, Jim

status

• published 

publication date

• July 2014

has subject area

• 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology (FoR)
• Adult (MeSH)
• Cardiomyopathy, Dilated (MeSH)
• Cardiovascular Agents (MeSH)
• Cardiovascular System & Hematology (Science Metrix)
• Diagnostic Imaging (MeSH)
• Echocardiography (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Follow-Up Studies (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Peripartum Period (MeSH)
• Pregnancy (MeSH)
• Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular (MeSH)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Cardiology  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
• Cardiovascular Agents
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Echocardiography
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Peripartum Period
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.12.032

PubMed ID

• 24742693

start page

• 835.e1

end page

• 835.e2

volume

• 30

issue

• 7