Demographics, management, and outcome of peripartum cardiomyopathy in a community hospital

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1036-1038

  Ford, Richard F ^a   Barton, John R ^b   O'Brien, John M ^b   Hollingsworth, Paula W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community hospital; Echocardiography; Peripartum cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034038740     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.105402     Document Type: Article

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