최근 부산의료원 산부인과에서 제왕절개술 후에 발생한 확장성 산후 심근증으로 사료되는 1례를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

Postpartum cardiomyopathy is defined as a syndrome of cardiac failure occuring in the latter part of pregnancy or in the puerpirium, without obious cause and without prior evidence of heart disease. Despite its infrequency, this clinical problem may have devastating consequences upon maternal and fetal outcome. It is important to recognize the association of cardiac failure and pregnancy as a sepqrate syndrome so that, once identified, postpartum cardiomypathy can be treated promatly and aggressively. We have experienced one case of postpartum cardiomyopathy, which are presented with a brief review of the literature.