"POST PARTAL" HEART DISEASE—A SYNDROME?
Authors: F BASHOUR, P WINCHELL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Case Reports1 April 1954"POST PARTAL" HEART DISEASE—A SYNDROME?FOUAD BASHOUR, M.D., PAUL WINCHELL, M.D.FOUAD BASHOUR, M.D., PAUL WINCHELL, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-4-803 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHeart failure developing abruptly during the last month of pregnancy or within a few weeks following delivery has been observed in the absence of any known preëxisting cardiac lesion. The clinical findings have suggested acute, diffuse myocardial disease as the cause of this type of heart failure, and a clinical entity called "post partal heart disease" or "myocarditis" has been described.1, 2, 3, 4 It has been estimated that about 1.5 per cent of cardiac deaths associated with pregnancy can be attributed to acute, diffuse myocardial disease.5Recently two cases have been observed which seem to fall within the group...Bibliography1. HullHafkesbring EE: Toxic post partal heart disease, New Orleans M. and S. J. 89: 550, 1937. Google Scholar2. GouleyMcMillanBellet BATMS: Idiopathic myocardial degeneration associated with pregnancy and especially the puerperium, Am. J. M. Sc. 194: 185, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Melvin JP: Post partal heart disease, Ann. Int. Med. 27: 596, 1947. LinkGoogle Scholar4. Lindeboom GA: Insufficientia cordis post partum, Nederl. tijdschr. v. geneesk. 94: 3, 2453, 1950. Google Scholar5. Williams , cited by Gouley et al.2 Google Scholar6. LilienfeldHochsteinWeiss AEW: Acute myocarditis with bundle branch block due to sulfonamide sensitivity, Circulation 1: 1060, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. WellsSax AHSG: Isolated myocarditis probably of sulfadiazine origin, Am. Heart J. 30: 522, 1945. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. FrenchWeller AJCV: Interstitial myocarditis following the clinical and experimental use of sulfonamide drugs, Am. J. Path. 18: 109, 1942. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. White PD: Heart disease, 4th Ed., 1951, Macmillan, New York. Google Scholar10. RatherayDuperratMaschas FH: Anurie et infarctus tubaire apres injection de sulfamide, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris 55: 543, 1939. Google Scholar11. Hill FJ: Influenza epidemic, Bull. Hennepin County M. Soc. 24: 174, 1953. Google Scholar12. Borden CW: Acute myocarditis, Am. Heart J. 39: 131, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. HerrmannKing GEL: Cardiovascular disturbances in the obstetric patient, J. A. M. A. 95: 1472, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. MayerLevy GA: Manifestations cardiaques au cours des accidents dus aux sulfamides, Arch. d. mal. du coeur 43: 525, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Minneapolis, Minnesota*Received for publication August 1, 1953.From the Variety Club Heart Hospital, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byWeitere KardiomyopathienPeripartum cardiomyopathyHigh output failure in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy: A comparative study with dilated cardiomyopathyMetabolische Erkrankungen mit vorwiegend restriktiver Funktionsstörung des MyokardsMyokardbeteiligung bei weiteren Erkrankungen des Stoffwechsels, der Ernährung, des Endokriniums und des hämatologischen SystemsPeripartum CardiomyopathyPeripartal CardiomyopathyPeripartum cardiomyopathyPeripartum cardiomyopathies: A reviewMATERNAL CARDIOMYOPATHY OF PREGNANCY CAUSING STILLBIRTHNatural Course of Peripartum CardiomyopathyCARDIOMYOPATHY AND RENAL FAILURE OCCURRING IN THE PUERPERIUMThe effect of prolonged bed rest on postpartal cardiomyopathyCardiomyopathy and pregnancy.On the nature of some tropical cardiomyopathiesIdiopathic Myocardiopathy of the Puerperium (Postpartal Heart Disease)Clinical pathologic conferenceElectrocardiographic abnormalities, conduction disorders and arrhythmias in primary myocardial diseaseThe clinical spectrum of primary myocardial diseaseMATERNITY AND MYOCARDIAL FAILURE IN AFRICAN WOMENPostpartum heart diseaseACUTE CONGESTIVE CARDIAC FAILURE OF UNKNOWN AETIOLOGY IN PREGNANCYPostviral myopericarditis associated with the influenza virusPOST-PARTUM HEART DISEASERESPIRATORY VIRUSES AND HEART DISEASE*EARL N. SILBER, M.D.Idiopathic Myocardial Failure in the Last Trimester of Pregnancy and the PuerperiumManagement of the Pregnant Patient with Cardiac Disease 1 April 1954Volume 40, Issue 4Page: 803-808KeywordsCardiovascular therapyFallsHeartHeart diseasesHeart failureLesionsMyocarditisPregnancy ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...