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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doaj-9eef5255e0cd4224bdef59c030106e452020-11-24T22:59:10ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAnnals of Cardiac Anaesthesia0971-97842017-01-0120110210310.4103/0971-9784.197846An unusual cause of postpartum heart failureIbrahim KhaddashAmer HawatmehZaid AltheebAiman HamdanFayez ShamoonPeripartum 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 rare condition that can carry mild or severe symptoms.http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2017;volume=20;issue=1;spage=102;epage=103;aulast=KhaddashAtrioventricular blockdiastolic mitral regurgitationepidural anesthesia |
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Ibrahim Khaddash Amer Hawatmeh Zaid Altheeb Aiman Hamdan Fayez Shamoon An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia Atrioventricular block diastolic mitral regurgitation epidural anesthesia |
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Ibrahim Khaddash Amer Hawatmeh Zaid Altheeb Aiman Hamdan Fayez Shamoon |
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An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure |
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An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure |
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An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure |
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An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure |
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An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure |
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unusual cause of postpartum heart failure |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia |
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0971-9784 |
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2017-01-01 |
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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 rare condition that can carry mild or severe symptoms. |
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Atrioventricular block diastolic mitral regurgitation epidural anesthesia |
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http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2017;volume=20;issue=1;spage=102;epage=103;aulast=Khaddash |
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