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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Barcaray International
2018-01-01
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Series: | International Cardiovascular Forum Journal |
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Online Access: | https://icfjournal.org/index.php/icfj/article/view/545/pdf |