Dyspnoea at term in an obese mother.

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vicky O'DwyerMichael J Turner

Abstract

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a serious, potentially life-threatening heart disease of uncertain aetiology in previously healthy women. We report a morbidly obese woman who presented with peripartum shortness of breath. We discuss the differential diagnosis of dyspnoea in pregnancy and highlight the complexity of care of the morbidly obese woman.

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