Peripartum cardiomyopathy and familial dilated cardiomyopathy: A tale of two cases

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Tibazarwa, K ^a   Sliwa, K ^a   Wonkam, A ^a   Mayosi, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Familial dilated cardiomyopathy; Genetics; Peripartum cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIZZINESS; FAINTNESS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PUERPERIUM; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PEDIGREE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROLACTIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883415079     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2013-027     Document Type: Article

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