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Peripartum cardiomyopathy and familial dilated Cardiomyopathy: a tale of two cases.
Cardiovascular journal of Africa - 23 Jun 2013
Tibazarwa K, Sliwa K, Wonkam A, Mayosi B M
Abstract excerpt
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a form of pregnancyrelated heart failure that is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Most patients present with acute postpartal heart failure that otherwise resembles the clinical presentation of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). There is increasing recognition that PPCM may be due to genetic factors in a significant proportion of cases. There is evidence that at...
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