Pregnant again after peripartum cardiomyopathy: To be or not to be?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 753-756

  Elkayam, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; FETUS OUTCOME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE VOLUME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036558506     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2001.2961     Document Type: Editorial

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