Peripartum cardiomyopathy: A condition intensivists should be aware of

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-174

  Beus, Esther ^a   Mook, Walther N K A ^a   Ramsay, Graham ^a   Stappers, Jan L M ^a   Putten, Hans W H M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African; Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Eclampsia; Intensive care; Peripartum

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BUMETANIDE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARVEDILOL; CYTOKINE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDRALAZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; MORPHINE; PREDNISONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; QUINAPRIL; RELAXIN; SELENIUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AFRICA; AGE; AORTA BALLOON; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MULTIPARA; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; RACE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SEROLOGY; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037303332     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1583-0     Document Type: Review

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