Cor Vasa 2018, 60(2):e179-e182 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2017.01.019

Successful treatment of peripartum cardiomyopathy with mechanical assist devices and cardiac transplantation

Ingrid Olejárová^b, Miriam Pavlíková^b, Michal Hulman^a, Panagiotis Artemiou^a,*, Martin Beňa^a, Ivo Gašparovič^a, Vladan Hudec^a

^a Klinika kardiochirurgie, Lekárska fakulta Slovenskej zdravotníckej univerzity a Národný ústav srdcových a cievnych chorôb, a. s., Bratislava, Slovenská republika

^b Oddelenie ansteziológie a intenzívnej medicíny, Lekárska fakulta Slovenskej zdravotníckej univerzity a Národný ústav srdcových a cievnych chorôb, a. s., Bratislava, Slovenská republika

In the severe form of peripartum cardiomyopathy short- and long-term continuous flow ventricular assist devices offer a safe bridge to transplant where cardiac transplantation seems to be the only hope and treatment end point for most of these patients. In this report we described the outcome of a 33-year-old patient on the 32nd gestational week with peripartum cardiomyopathy who was successfully treated with biventricular mechanical assist devices and cardiac transplantation.

Keywords: Heart transplantation; Mechanical assist device; Peripartum cardiomyopathy

Received: July 15, 2016; Accepted: January 15, 2017; Published: April 1, 2018  Show citation