Heart Transplantation for Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Single-Center Experience

Abstract Background: Peripartum cardiomyopathy is an idiopathic disorder defined by the occurrence of acute heart failure during late pregnancy or post-partum period in the absence of any other definable cause. Its clinical course is variable and severe cases might require heart transplantation. O...

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Main Authors: Nadia Bouabdallaoui, Pierre Demondion, Sylvestre Maréchaux, Shaida Varnous, Guillaume Lebreton, Frédéric Mouquet, Pascal Leprince
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2018-02-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2018005002103&lng=en&tlng=en