Heart Transplantation for Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Report of Three Cases and a Literature Review

Vascular

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 565-567

  Aziz, T M ^a   Burgess, M I ^a   Aciadious, N N ^a   Campbell, C S ^a   Rahman, A N ^a   Yonan, N ^a   Deiraniya, A K ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

heart transplant; peripartum cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0032775841     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099900700515     Document Type: Article

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