Current therapeutic perspectives in peripartum cardiomyopathy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 331-

  Biteker, Murat ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 78650483347     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.050     Document Type: Letter

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