A case of acute pulmonary edema with peripartum cardiomyopathy in severe preeclampsia.

Cho, Hye Yon; Jun, Hyun Ah; Moon, Cheol Yong; Kwon, Hyoung Jun; Kim, Sun Suk; Song, Ji Eun; Lee, Keun Young

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2008;51(12):1504-1508.
Published online December 1, 2008.

A case of acute pulmonary edema with peripartum cardiomyopathy in severe preeclampsia.

Hye Yon Cho, Hyun Ah Jun, Cheol Yong Moon, Hyoung Jun Kwon, Sun Suk Kim, Ji Eun Song, Keun Young Lee

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. jun47005@hallym.ac.kr

Abstract

Women with severe preeclampsia or eclampsia who develop pulmonary edema most often do so postpartum and some of these women have cardiac failure. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is defined as a cardiac failure occurring in the latter part of pregnancy or in the peripartum, without obvious cause and prior evidence of heart disease. It is very rare but the mortality rate is as high as 10~50%. Here, we describe a case of a woman who has undergone emergency Cesarean section due to complicated severe preeclampsia with acute pulmonary edema and peripartum cardiomyopathy at 33+1 weeks of gestation.

Key Words: Pulmonary edema, Severe preeclampsia, Peripartum cardiomyopathy