The 12-lead ECG in peripartum cardiomyopathy

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 322-329

  Tibazarwa, Kemi ^a,b   Lee, Geraldine ^c   Mayosi, Bongani ^a   Carrington, Melinda ^b,c   Stewart, Simon ^b,c   Sliwa, Karen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baseline; Comparative study; ECG; Follow up; Peripartum cardiomyopathy; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BEAT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; P WAVE; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREVALENCE; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS RHYTHM; SOUTH AFRICA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864418552     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2012-006     Document Type: Article

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