Wittels P, Pollak H, Nobis H, Wuketich S
Z Kardiol. 1985 Jul;74(7):415-8.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a disorder of heart muscle, presents with the onset of cardiac failure in the last month of pregnancy or in the first 5 postpartum months. A patient with foudroyant clinical course is presented. Despite detailed clinical investigations and postmortem examination no aetiological factor was found. Diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities are discussed.
