Mechanical ventricular assist system required for sustained severe cardiac dysfunction secondary to peripartum cardiomyopathy

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 362-364

  Monta, Osamu ^a   Matsumiya, Goro ^a   Fukushima, Norihide ^a   Miyamoto, Yuji ^a   Sawa, Yoshiki ^a   Koseki, Masahiro ^a   Nakamichi, Itsuko ^a   Matsuda, Hikaru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Left ventricular assist system; Peripartum cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15744376005     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.362     Document Type: Article

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