dialated cardiomyopathy and pregnancy

shanker · Newbie Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 24

Hello, I am in the 8th month of pregnancy. In last two weeks I became to feel shortness of breath, fatigue, swelling of the ankles. I went to doctor and did some tests….ECG also and it turned out that I have one form of dilated cardiomyography called peripartum cardiomyography. What can cause such condition?

cleek · Silver Member Joined: 08 Aug 2000 Posts: 269

There is no identifiable cause to heart dysfunction, weekend heart. Dilated cardiomyophaty (periparatum cardiomyophaty in your case) may occur in pregnancy or sometimes after delivery. It is most common after age 30.Risk factors include personal history of cardiac disorders, use of medications, smoking, alcoholism and other. I don’t know what the results of ECG that you have done are, but a heart biopsy may be helpful to determine cause. Many cases of dilated catdiomyophaty in pregnancy seem to be related to myocaditis, confirmed by heart biopsy.

dialated cardiomyopathy and pregnancy

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