Is African descent an independent risk factor of peripartum cardiomyopathy?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-94

  Sebillotte, C Godard ^a   Deligny, C ^a   Hanf, M ^b   Santiago, R ^a   Chevallier, J C ^a   Volumenie J L ^a   Arfi, S ^a  

^a Fort de France General Hospital   (France)

^b Parasitology Mycology Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Peripartum cardiomyopathy; Pregnancy; Pregnancy associated cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HAITI; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 78049459432     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.05.042     Document Type: Article

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