Favorable course of peripartum cardiomyopathy (RCD code: VII-III-5C)
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Natural course of peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Twenty-seven patients presented in the puerperium with cardiomegaly, abnormal 'ECG, and congestive cardiac failure and were considered to have peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM). The incidence of PPCM was significantly higher in women over 30 years of age, in women in their third or subsequent pregnancy, and in the presence of twins or toxemia. Within 6 months, 14 patients had normal sized hearts...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2300-5505,2299-3711
DOI: 10.20418/jrcd.vol2no3.163