Pregnancy-associated cardiomyopathy occurring in a young patient with nephropathic cystinosis

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 220-222

  Ramappa, Arun J ^a   Pyatt, Jason R ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Cystinosis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYSTAFOS; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CYSTINOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; NEPHROPATHIC CYSTINOSIS; PREGNANCY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CYSTINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 77953579635     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951110000053     Document Type: Article

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