Cardiac disease during pregnancy - A Free State perspective on maternal morbidity and mortality

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Schoon, M G ^a   Bam, R H ^a   Wolmarans, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030865264     PISSN: 10159657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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