Improved outcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy with contemporary

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 509-513

  Amos, Ankie M ^a   Jaber, Wissam A ^a   Russell, Stuart D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33747199964     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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