Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Posted By Jamie Shombert on March 04, 1998 at 11:41:18:









I am a 28 year old female. I was found to have Postpartum Cardiomyopathy in
Dec 1997. They accidently found this when doing an echo for my arryhthmia.
I have no syptoms (symptoms) at all of Cardiomyopathy. By way of an EPS study they
found that the arryhthmia is not caused by the slight elargement of the left
Ventrical. The arryhthmia is in the right ventrical. I had 3 weeks of high
blood pressure at the end of my pregnancy. The enlargement is discribed as
"minamal". I was place on Coreg and Coumadin and as a very prudent step a
sodium restriction. I still feel totally healthy. So with all this in mind.
What are the stats on peripartum partients? When I see that 1/3 recover,
does this mean they go on to live normal life expectancies? I am just very
confused by the "stats" because I know they included all ages and extremes
of this diease. I was just wondering if there were brighter words for a
postpartum CM patient. Thank you ever so much for your time and energy.
                                                            Jamie