PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY IN THE PRACTICE OF AN OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGIST (CLINICAL CASE)

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Elena Vladimirovna Rudaeva
Kemerovo State Medical University, 650056, Kemerovo, Voroshilova St., 22a
Vadim Gelievich Moses
Kemerovo State University, 650000, Kemerovo, Krasnaya Street, 6
Svetlana Ivanovna Elgina
Kemerovo State Medical University, 650056, Kemerovo, Voroshilova St., 22a
Kira Borisovna Moses
Kemerovo State Medical University, 650056, Kemerovo, Voroshilova St., 22a
Elena Germanovna Rudaeva
Kemerovo State Medical University, 650056, Kemerovo, Voroshilova St., 22a
Alena Olegovna Veys
Kemerovo State Medical University, 650056, Kemerovo, Voroshilova St., 22a
Anna Valeryevna Ladik
Kemerovo State University, 650000, Kemerovo, Krasnaya Street, 6

Abstract

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare type of heart failure that manifests late in pregnancy or within a few months postpartum, in the absence of other causes of heart failure. Race, ethnicity, high parity, and advanced maternal age are considered important risk factors.
The etiopathogenesis of the disease is not fully understood and is likely multifactorial. Treatment includes standard pharmacological therapies for heart failure, taking into account safety considerations during pregnancy and lactation. Failure of drug therapy may require mechanical support and transplantation in severe cases.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy has a high mortality rate (up to 10%) and a high risk of recurrence in subsequent pregnancies, but more than half of women experience normalization of left ventricular function within a year of diagnosis.

Keywords

peripartum cardiomyopathy, pregnancy, postpartum period, heart failure

Author Biographies

Elena Vladimirovna Rudaeva,

candidate of medical sciences, docent, docent of the department of obstetrics and gynecology named after G.A. Ushakova

Vadim Gelievich Moses,

doctor of medical sciences, professor, director of the Medical Institute

Svetlana Ivanovna Elgina,

Kemerovo State Medical University, 650056, Kemerovo, Voroshilova St., 22a

Kira Borisovna Moses,

assistant of the department of polyclinic therapy and nursing

Elena Germanovna Rudaeva,

candidate of medical sciences, docent, docent of the department of childhood diseases

Alena Olegovna Veys,

assistant of the department of obstetrics and gynecology named after G.A. Ushakova

Anna Valeryevna Ladik,

candidate of pedagogical sciences, docent of the department of pedagogy and psychology

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© Elena Vladimirovna Rudaeva, Vadim Gelievich Moses, Svetlana Ivanovna Elgina, Kira Borisovna Moses, Elena Germanovna Rudaeva, Alena Olegovna Veys, Anna Valeryevna Ladik, 2026


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Rudaeva, E. V., Moses, V. G., Elgina, S. I., Moses, K. B., Rudaeva, E. G., Veys, A. O., & Ladik, A. V. (2026). PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY IN THE PRACTICE OF AN OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGIST (CLINICAL CASE). Medicine in Kuzbass, 25(2), 108-111. https://mednauki.ru/index.php/MK/article/view/1492

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