Peripartum cardiomyopathy searching for a better understanding

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1048-1051

  Al Shamiri, Mostafa Q ^a   Al Nozha, Mansour M ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

AFRICA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIPARA; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TOCOLYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TWIN PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0242551965     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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