Understanding peripartum cardiomyopathy, 2008

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Fett, James D ^a  

^a Hospital Albert Schweitzer   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Heart failure; Inflammatory cardiomyopathy; Peripartum cardiomyopathy; PPCM; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

APHERESIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 53549131703     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.076     Document Type: Editorial

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