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An unusual case of peripartum cardiomyopathy manifesting with multiple thrombo-embolic phenomena
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare form of heart failure with a reported incidence of 1 per 3000 to 1 per 4000 live births and a fatality rate of 20%–50%. Onset is usually between the last month of pregnancy and up to 5 months postpartum in previously healthy women. Although viral, autoimmun...
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BioMed Central
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2169208/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17967197 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-9560-5-18 |