Spectrum of cardiac disease in maternity in a low-resource cohort in South Africa

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 1967-1974

  Sliwa, Karen ^a,b,c,d   Libhaber, Elena ^d   Elliott, Catherine ^c   Momberg, Zoe ^c   Osman, Ayesha ^c   Zühlke, Liesl ^c,e   Lachmann, Tony ^c   Nicholson, Lauren ^a   Thienemann, Friedrich ^b,c   Roos Hesselink, Jolien ^f   Anthony, John ^c  

^a Department of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa ^*  (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FINANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL OUTCOME; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; DELIVERY; ETHNOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84906557988     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306199     Document Type: Article

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