Incidence, Risk Factors, Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM) in Oman.

Background: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an idiopathic life-threatening condition occurring towards the end of pregnancy or in the first few months following delivery that might affect the maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Objectives: To assess the incidence and to evaluate the antenatal risk factors and the maternal and neonatal outcomes in Omani women diagnosed with PPCM.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted at two tertiary institutions in Oman between the 1 of January 2010 to the 31 of December 2018.

Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis manifesting as acute appendicitis: a case report.

Background: Postpartum ovarian thrombosis is an uncommon condition. It appears with the nonspecific, predominantly right-sided abdominal symptoms and must be differentiated from other acute visceral conditions. If left untreated, postpartum ovarian thrombosis can have severe consequences, including sepsis, pulmonary embolism, and even death.

A double dilemma: treatment of stage IV fetal twin-twin transfusion syndrome in the setting of maternal recurrent venous thromoembolism: a case report.

Background: Fetal conditions can pose significant challenges in the management of pregnancies complicated by pre-existing maternal medical conditions.

Case Presentation: We report a case of a 34-year-old woman with Stage IV Twin Twin Transfusion syndrome in the presence of maternal recurrent complex venous thromboembolic disease. Following a previous pregnancy loss, complicated by a third episode of thromboembolic disease, an inferior vena cava filter was placed.