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Case Report
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Korean J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;55(6):408-412. Published online June 16, 2012.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5468/KJOG.2012.55.6.408
- A case of primary pulmonary hypertension diagnosed at postpartum.
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Sl A Choi, Mi Ra Lee, Min Jeong Kim, Hye Ji Jeon, Yun Sook Kim, Dong Han Bae
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. drsook@schmc.ac.kr
- Abstract
- Primary pulmonary hypertension is a rare disorder and rarely present in pregnant woman, but it make high risk of maternal morbidity and mortality. When a woman with subclinical primary pulmonary hypertension is pregnant, physiologic increase in maternal plasma volume aggravates pulmonary pressure cause cardiac arrest and maternal death. We diagnosed primary pulmonary hypertension in parous woman who didn't present at any symptom during pregnancy but had dyspnea 7 days after preterm vaginal delivery at 30 weeks 6 days. We report this case with brief review of literatures.
Keywords :Primary pulmonary hypertension;Dyspnea;Pregnancy
