Hypothyroid Cardiomyopathy:

Abstract

A young lady with symptdms of partially treated postpartum pitutary failure over a period of three years and intermittent paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea and ankle swelling for six months preseñtedwith a worsening of he symptoms due toa pneumonic illness complicated by. disseminated intravascular coagulation. She was found to be . in biventricular failure and with treatment of her acute illness her cardiac status improved.• However, subsequent search for the cause of her dilated cardiomyopathy was unrevealing, but since she was overtly hypothyroid secondary to her postpartum failure it was reasonable to ascribe her cardiac status to Hypothyroidism, for which she received treatment and showed signs of improvement initially. A review of the literature on the subject is presented.