Post partum heart failure: a rare presentation to the intensive care unit of a teaching hospital in Ghana

st partum heart failure: a rare presentation to the intensive care unit of a teaching hospital in Ghana Case report (1451) Total Article Views Authors: Owusu IK, Anane C, Buabeng KO Published Date June 2012 Volume 2012:5 Pages 29 - 32 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S21461 Received: 17 April 2011 Accepted: 23 August 2011 Published: 01 June 2012 Isaac Kofi Owusu,1 Charles Anane,1 Kwame Ohene Buabeng,2 1Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, 2Clinical and Social Pharmacy Department, Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana Abstract: A patient with a devastating form of heart failure that sometimes afflicts women in late pregnancy or after delivery presented to the intensive care unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, in September 2010. The patient was a 37-year-old farmer and mother of six children, and was admitted with symptoms of heart failure five months after the delivery of her last child. After clinical evaluation, post partum cardiomyopathy was diagnosed. She responded well to treatment and was discharged on day 10 following admission, to be followed up at the cardiac clinic.