PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT:AN UPDATE
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a systolic heart failure that occurs during the last month of pregnancy or within five months after delivery. It is uncommon disease of unknown ethiopatogenesis and very high rate of maternal mortality. Because of similarity between symptoms of PPCM and physiologi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmed.2015.00082/full |