Medical disease as a cause of Maternal mortality: The pre-imminence of cardiovascular pathology

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 84-88

  Mocumbi, A O ^a   Sliwa, K ^b,c,d   Soma Pillay, P ^d,e  

^a Universidade Eduardo Mondlane   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE; HEART FAILURE; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW TO MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBESITY; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN ADULT DEATH SYNDROME; SUDDEN DEATH; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL CARE; TRENDS;

CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 84964879324     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2016-018     Document Type: Article

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