An unusual cause of postpartum heart failure

Autor: Ibrahim Khaddash, Amer Hawatmeh, Zaid Altheeb, Aiman Hamdan, Fayez Shamoon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 102-103 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0971-9784
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9784.197846
Popis: 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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