Virtual Morning Report - October 29, 2026 - Acute Dyspnea In A Postpartum Patient

In a postpartum patient with acute dyspnea and hypoxemia, elevated JVP, edema, and cool extremities should prompt echocardiography for peripartum cardiomyopathy, which can present hyperacutely with severe biventricular dysfunction and pulmonary edema as in this patient with an LVEF of 20%.