Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-147

  Egan, Daniel J ^a   Bisanzo, Mark C ^a   Hutson, H Range ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; heart failure; peripartum; postpartum; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PRELOAD; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIURETICS; DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TACHYCARDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649116046     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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