Cardiac disease in pregnancy: A 4-year audit at Pretoria Academic Hospital

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 553-556

  Soma Pillay, Priya ^a   Macdonald, A P ^a   Mathivha, T M ^a   Bakker, J L ^b   Mackintosh, M O ^b  

^a STEVE BIKO ACADEMIC HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY PLANNING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PULMONARY EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 48749118277     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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