Determinar si los factores dislipidemia, obesidad, hipertensión arterial y diabetes mellitus se encuentran asociados a infarto agudo de miocardio. Hospital Regional Docente de Trujillo. 2013 - 2015 Material y Método: Se realizó un estudio de casos y controles, observacional, retrospectivo, transversal y analítico, con un total de 180 historias clínicas del servicio de Cardiología (mujeres y hombres con una media de edad de 60 +- 20 años). Los pacientes fueron asignados a uno de dos grupos en base a si tenían o no diagnóstico de infarto agudo de miocardio (IMA). El primer grupo, (casos), estuvo compuesto por 60 pacientes que cumplían los criterios diagnósticos de IMA, y que cumplían con cualquiera de los siguientes factores en estudio. El segundo grupo, (controles), estuvo compuesto por 120 pacientes que no tenían diagnóstico de IMA y que cumplían con cualquiera de los fact...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a potentially life-threatening condition that can occur during the late pregnancy or puerperium. A 31-year-old woman with a recent twin pregnancy presented with heart failure symptoms nine days postpartum. On admission, she had volume overload and hemodynamic compromise, which was rapidly reversed with inotropic levosimendan support. Echocardiography revealed a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 20% with global hypokinesia. Once stabilized, she was discharged on heart failure medication, bromocriptine, and warfarin. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging at five weeks demonstrated a preserved LVEF of 57% and no evidence of myocardial scarring or edema. During the 4-year follow-up, the patient remained stable with no new pregnancies. This case highlights the importance of considering PPCM in the differential diagnosis of heart failure in the perip...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a potentially life-threatening condition that can occur during the late pregnancy or puerperium. A 31-year-old woman with a recent twin pregnancy presented with heart failure symptoms nine days postpartum. On admission, she had volume overload and hemodynamic compromise, which was rapidly reversed with inotropic levosimendan support. Echocardiography revealed a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 20% with global hypokinesia. Once stabilized, she was discharged on heart failure medication, bromocriptine, and warfarin. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging at five weeks demonstrated a preserved LVEF of 57% and no evidence of myocardial scarring or edema. During the 4-year follow-up, the patient remained stable with no new pregnancies. This case highlights the importance of considering PPCM in the differential diagnosis of heart failure in t...