A case of peripartum cardiomyopathy with a transient increase of plasma interleukin-6 concentration occurred following mirror syndrome

J Perinat Med. 2002;30(5):426-8. doi: 10.1515/JPM.2002.067.

Abstract

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an unusual heart failure of unknown etiology that occurs during pregnancy or postpartum. Mirror syndrome is a characteristic of maternal edema subsequent to fetal and/or placental edema. We report a case of PPCM with a transient increase of interleukin-6 concentration occurring in the postpartum period of mirror syndrome.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiomyopathies / blood
  • Cardiomyopathies / complications*
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis
  • Edema / complications*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Fetal Death
  • Fetal Diseases
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-6 / blood*
  • Male
  • Placenta Diseases / complications
  • Pre-Eclampsia / complications*
  • Pregnancy
  • Puerperal Disorders / complications*
  • Syndrome
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis

Substances

  • Interleukin-6