Epidemiology of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in Africa

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a disease that predominantly affects Black African women. The history of peripartum cardiac failure in Africa dates to the 1960s, before the availability of echocardiography. With the availability of echocardiography in the late 1970s, studies on well-characterise...

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Main Authors: Kamilu M Karaye, Abdulrazaq G Habib, Karen Sliwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Barcaray International 2018-01-01
Series:International Cardiovascular Forum Journal
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Online Access:https://icfjournal.org/index.php/icfj/article/view/545/pdf