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Cerebral embolism as the initial manifestation of peripartum cardiomyopathy

Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Hodgman and Criscitiello), Neurology (Drs. Pessin, Panis, and Lathi), and Neuroradiology (Dr. Prager), Tufts-New England Medical Center Hospital and the Department of Internal Medicine (Dr. Homans), St. Margaret's Hospital, Boston. MA.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is characterized by heart failure in the last trimester or puerperium without obvious cause. We studied a 30-year-old woman who had an embolic stroke as the result of an otherwise asymptomatic peripartum cardiomyopathy.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Hodgman, Department of Cardiology, Tufts-New England Medical Center Hospital, 171 Harrison Avenue, Box #264, Boston, MA 02111.

Accepted for publication October 28, 1981

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