%0 Journal Article
%T Peripartum cardiomyopathy and ventricular thrombus: A case report and review of literature
%A Ibrahim Halil Tanboga
%A Oktay Gulcu
%A Selim Topcu
%A Ugur Aksu
%J Archive of "Northern Clinics of Istanbul".
%D 2018
%R 10.14744/nci.2017.53254
%X Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCMP) is a rare and life-threatening condition. Intracardiac thrombus is characteristically associated with increased adverse events, mortality, and a high risk of thromboembolic events, and has been associated with PPCMP. Early diagnosis and treatment play a critical role. Although echocardiography is the first-line diagnostic method, other imaging modalities may provide useful information in appropriate patients. Presently described is a case in which an apical intracardiac thrombus coexisting with PPCMP was identified and managed using multimodality imaging studies
%K Congestive heart failure
%K dilated cardiomyopathy
%K thrombus
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6191556/