Peripartum cardiomyopathy in an elderly patient with in-vitro fertilization pregnancy

Peripartum cardiomyopathy as a diagnosis needs to be considered in antenatal and immediate postpartum women with clinical features of cardiac failure. As more and more women at increasing age go for assisted reproduction, screening for risk factors needs to be done. Treatment involves coordination between cardiologist and obstetrician as both the patient's cardiac status and well being of the baby needs to be considered. In this case report we present an elderly Primigravida, conceived with in-vitro fertilization (donor oocytes) who developed unexplained cardiac failure post LSCS.