Recovery from severe heart failure following peripartum cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-127

  Fett, James D ^a   Sannon, Herriot ^a   Thélisma, Emmeline ^a   Sprunger, Therese ^a   Suresh, Venkita ^a  

^a Hospital Albert Schweitzer   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Haiti; Heart failure; Longitudinal study; Peripartum cardiomyopathy; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARLOC; CARVEDILOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 58149234097     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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