Apical four-chamber view of peripartum cardiomyopathy

Panel A: Apical four-chamber view obtained in a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy. Please note dilatation of all four cardiac chambers. Overall LV performance was reduced with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 38 percent. Panel B: Note, in the same patient, a color Doppler jet of moderate mitral regurgitation.