Predictors of Mortality or Heart Transplantation in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
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Heart Failure Unit. Thoracic Transplant Program. Hospital Universitario Fundación Favaloro. Buenos Aires, Argentina MTSAC Full Member of the Argentine Society of Cardiology † To apply as full member of the Argentine Society of Cardiology * To apply as active member of the Argentine Society of Cardiology MARGARITA A. PERADEJORDI, LILIANA E. FAVALORO, ALEJANDRO BERTOLOTTI, DANIEL ABSI, CARLOS VIGLIANO, RUBÉN LAGUENS, MIRTA DIEZ, ROBERTO R. FAVALORO
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تاریخ انتشار 2013