[Peripartum cardiomyopathy--a case report]

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a disorder of heart muscle, presents with the onset of cardiac failure in the last month of pregnancy or in the first 5 postpartum months. A patient with foudroyant clinical course is presented. Despite detailed clinical investigations and postmortem examination no aetiological factor was found. Diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities are discussed.