Clinical characteristics of peripartum cardiomyopathy in the United States: Diagnosis, prognosis, and management

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 659-670

  Elkayam, Uri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathy; heart failure; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BROMOCRIPTINE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDRALAZINE PLUS ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; STAT3 PROTEIN; TROPONIN C; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DETERIORATION; DRUG MILK LEVEL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORTALITY; MULTIPARA; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TERATOGENICITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 79961188149     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.03.047     Document Type: Review

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