Cardiomyopathy in the puerperium

Definition

A group of diseases in which the dominant feature is the involvement of the cardiac muscle itself occurring in puerperium, the period of 6-8 weeks after giving birth. Cardiomyopathies are classified according to their predominant pathophysiological features or their etiological/pathological factors.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Certain specified complications of the puerperium

• JB44.0Disruption of caesarean section wound
• JB44.1Disruption of perineal obstetric wound
• JB44.2Haematoma of obstetric wound
• JB44.4Postpartum acute renal failure
• JB44.5Postpartum thyroiditis
• JB44.6Puerperal osteomalacia
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified