Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Experiences at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa and a Review of the Literature

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 118-123

  Desai, Dushyant ^a   Moodley, Jack ^a   Naidoo, Datshana ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; PREGNANCY TOXEMIA; SOUTH AFRICA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DISEASES; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029000090     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559502500310     Document Type: Article

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