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• TITLE: Interest of Ventricular Assist Device in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, a Case Report and Review Article*

  AUTHORS: Righab Hamdan, Pierre Nassar, Ali El Zein, Firass Ali, Mohamad Issa, Mohamad Chaar, Mohamad Saab

  KEYWORDS: Postpartum Cardiomyopathy; Left Ventricle Assist Device

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol.3 No.2, June 20, 2013

  ABSTRACT: We report a case of severe post partum cadiomyopathy in severe cardiogenic shock, treated successfully and urgently with the implantation of Left Ventricular Assist device. The patient recovered a normal left ventricle function shortly after implantation. This case illustrates the crucial place of left ventricular assist device in severe post partum cardiomyopathy as a bridge to recovery as well as a bridge to transplantation.