Ferguson JE I I, Harney K S, Bachicha J A
J Reprod Med. 1986 Dec;31(12):1109-12.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is an enigmatic disorder. A patient who developed it after delivery had a twin pregnancy complicated by demise of one fetus, preterm labor and subsequent preterm delivery of the viable twin, who died at 48 hours of life. The second twin had autopsy evidence of idiopathic cardiomyopathy, as did a prior child, who had died at 2 years of age. This report is the first on a woman with peripartum cardiomyopathy associated with idiopathic cardiomyopathy in her live-born infant. Our findings, in conjunction with those noted in a review of the literature, suggest that there is a subset of peripartum cardiomyopathy that may be mediated on a genetic or immunologic basis.
围产期心肌病是一种神秘的疾病。一名产后患上该病的患者怀有双胞胎，其中一个胎儿死亡，发生早产，随后存活的双胞胎早产出生，该婴儿在出生48小时后死亡。对第二个双胞胎进行尸检发现有特发性心肌病的证据，之前一个2岁时死亡的孩子也有同样的情况。本报告是首例关于一名患有围产期心肌病的女性，其存活婴儿患有特发性心肌病的报道。我们的研究结果，结合文献综述中的发现，表明存在一部分围产期心肌病可能是由遗传或免疫因素介导的。
