Peripartum cardiomyopathy: alluring challenge - case series and review of literature.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare disease responsible for heart failure that usually occurs in the last month of pregnancy or within five months postpartum, without any other known cause. A case series of five PPCM patients admitted at the Department of Cardiology of the University Hospital Mohammed VI of Oujda, Morocco, between 2017 and 2019. All cases were represented by young (case 1: 35-year-old; case 2: 28-year-old; case 3: 30-year-old; case 4: 36-year-old; case 5: 34-year-old).

Submitral aneurysm: An unusual localization of aneurysm complicating a myocardial infarction: A case report.

Introduction: and importance: Submitral aneurysms are an uncommon heart condition that is widespread among young black Africans, congenital etiology is the most common, when SMA is found in patients of other races, other etiologies must be sought, especially ischemic.

Case Presentation: We present the case of a 65-year-old male patient admitted for wide complex tachycardia at a rate of 198 bpm, in whom transthoracic echocardiography revealed a submitral aneurysm and coronary angiography revealed an occlusion of the left circumflex artery.

Clinical Discussion: Submitral left ventricular aneurysm is a rare cardiac pathology with a variety of causes including inflammation, infection, traumatic illness, or, in rare cases, ischemic heart disease; it can be caused by a congenital defect in the posterior portion of the mitral annulus, which is more common in African population.

[Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD): about 2 cases].

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS); its prevalence is estimated to be less than 3%. It is defined as a separation within the coronary arterial wall secondary to intramural bleeding with or without intimal tear, creating a false channel. It mainly affects young subjects, mainly women, without coronary atherosclerosis or risk factors for atherosclerosis.