주산기 심근병증 1 부검례 = An autopsy case of peripartum cardiomyopathy

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare form of dilated cardiomyopathy. Onset is from the last trimester of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum. Diagnosis is made by excluding other causes of acute heart failure, such as infections or toxins, and by determining that the patient does not have an underlying cardiac problem that has been unmasked by pregnancy. Its clinical and hemodynamic findings are similar to idiopathic dilated cadiomyopathy : however, peripartum cardiomyopathy shows a high incidience of myocarditis. In addition to congestive heart failure, the occurrence of complications such as sepsis, hepatorenal failure, and arrhythmia were the major causes of death.
We experienced an autopsy case of peripartum cardiomyopathy, which is the first in Korea, recently at Pohang hospital of Dongguk University. And we report a pathologic findings of that case with brief review of literatures. The major cause of death in this case is carbon monoxide intoxication with an accelerating association of peripartum cardiomyopathy.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서 론
• Ⅱ. 증 례
• Ⅲ. 고 찰
• Ⅳ. 결 론
• 참고문헌
• Abstract