Heart disease - Why is maternal mortality increasing?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 609-611

  Gelson, E ^a   Gatzoulis, M A ^b   Steer, P ^a   Johnson, M R ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AMNION FLUID; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA WALL; ARTERY DISSECTION; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTRACEPTION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CARE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; IMMIGRANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; LIFESTYLE; MALARIA; MARFAN SYNDROME; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; SITTING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYNCOPE; TERATOGENESIS; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 62149151220     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.02082.x     Document Type: Note

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