Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy complicated by pulmonary edema in the postpartum period

Kate Hanneman; Elsie T Nguyen; Andrew M Crean

doi:10.1155/2013/802352

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy complicated by pulmonary edema in the postpartum period

Kate Hanneman, Elsie T Nguyen, Andrew M Crean

Division of Cardiovascular Sciences (L5)

University of Toronto

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Abstract

We report the case of a 42-year-old patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who presented to the emergency department with severe shortness of breath one week following uneventful cesarean delivery. Thoracic CT ruled out pulmonary embolus and confirmed pulmonary edema. Asymmetric interventricular septal thickening was clearly identified, demonstrating that the heart may be evaluated even on a non-ECG gated study. Acute pulmonary edema in the postpartum period is an unusual clinical presentation of HCM.

Original language	English
Article number	802352
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
Journal	Case Reports in Radiology
Volume	2013
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/802352
Publication status	Published - 3 Apr 2013

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