TREATMENT OF PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY (REVIEW)
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy: a review.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is idiopathic heart failure occurring in the absence of any determinable heart disease during the last month of pregnancy or the first 5 months postpartum. The incidence varies worldwide but is high in developing nations; the cause of the disease might be a combination of environmental and genetic factors. Diagnostic echocardiographic criteria include left ventricular ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archive of internal medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2411-6564,2226-6704
DOI: 10.20514/2226-6704-2017-7-5-340-349