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Pregnancy and peripartum cardiomyopathy: a comparative and prospective study

Walkíria Samuel Ávila, Maria Elisa Carneiro de Carvalho, Cleide K. Tschaen, E Rossi, Max Grinberg, Charles Mady, José Antônio Franchini Ramires

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia · 2002 · 43 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Pregnancy in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy is associated with maternal morbidity. Left ventricular function is a prognostic factor and must be the most parameter when counseling patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy about a new pregnancy.

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