Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is defined as the onset of acute heart failure without demonstrable cause in the last trimester of pregnancy or within the first six months after delivery. We report a case of PPCM (LVEF < 39%) in a 30-year-old housekeeper requiring emergency Caesarean section, who was successfully managed with combined spinal-epidural anesthesia, using low-dose fentanyl for the spinal anesthesia.
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Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaChinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
Khaw, K. S.
Wang, C. C.
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Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaChinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
Wang, C. C.
Ngan Kee, W. D.
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Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaChinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
Ngan Kee, W. D.
Tam, W. H.
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Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaChinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
Tam, W. H.
Ng, F. F.
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Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaChinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
Ng, F. F.
Critchley, L. A. H.
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Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaChinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
Critchley, L. A. H.
Rogers, M. S.
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