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Treatment of cardiogenic shock in peripartum cardiomyopathy: Case series from a tertiary ECMO center |
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| Authors: | Ilija Djordjevic MD Parwis Rahmanian MD PhD Mohamed Zeriouh MD PhD Kaveh Eghbalzadeh MD Sassan Sangsari MD Julia Merkle MD Elmar Kuhn MD PhD Antje-Christin Deppe MD PhD Carolyn Weber MD Anton Sabashnikov MD PhD Oliver Liakopoulos Thorsten Wahlers |
| Institution: | Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, ECMO Centre Cologne, Heart Centre, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany |
| Abstract: | Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) occurs toward the end of pregnancy or in the months after delivery without previously known structural heart disease. Development of therapy-refractory cardiogenic shock is described in the literature with a limited number of overall presented cases in this young patient cohort. To provide differences and key points in the therapy of end-stage PPCM patients, we present a case series of four young women with PPCM referred to our department for potential VA ECMO support. |
| Keywords: | cardiogenic shock ECMO postpartum cardiomyopathy |