IMPROVEMENT OF EJECTION FRACTION IN PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH CONCOMITANT USE OF INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN

Peripartum cardiomyopathy(PCM) is a disease entity wherein a patient develops systolic heart failure resembling non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. The mechanism of peripartum cardiomyopathy remains fully unknown and controversial at best. Proposed pathophysiology varies from a viral infection,