An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a weakness of the heart muscle. It is an idiopathic cardiomyopathy that presents with heart failure secondary to left ventricular systolic dysfunction toward the end of pregnancy or in the months after delivery, in the absence of any other cause of heart failure. It is a...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim Khaddash, Amer Hawatmeh, Zaid Altheeb, Aiman Hamdan, Fayez Shamoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2017;volume=20;issue=1;spage=102;epage=103;aulast=Khaddash