African-American Women Have a Higher Risk for Developing Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 654-659

  Gentry, Mindy B ^a   Dias, James K ^a   Luis, Antonio ^a   Patel, Rakesh ^a   Thornton, John ^a   Reed, Guy L ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; pregnancy; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 76449097988     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.09.043     Document Type: Article

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