Peripartum cardiomyopathy: an overview
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Abstract
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a life-threatening cardio-myopathy of an unknown cause that occurs in the peripartum period in previously health women and this article discusses the challenges that lie in diagnosing and managing this rare yet lethal disease.
Keywords
Peripartum, cardiomyopathy, pregnancy, cardiac failure
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
Journal of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (JUMMEC)
Volume
8
Issue
1
Publisher
Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
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