A Population-based Study of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in Southern Israel: Are Bedouin Women a New High-risk Group?

Objectives Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a serious complication of pregnancy. Studies investigating the risk factors that worsen outcomes have yielded conflicting results. The goals of this study were to describe the clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of PPCM in a single tertiary...

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Main Authors: Louise Kezerle, Iftach Sagy, Leah Shalev, Offer Erez, Leonid Barski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rambam Health Care Campus 2018-04-01
Series:Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
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Online Access:https://www.rmmj.org.il/issues/37/817/manuscript