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Editorials
Pregnant again after peripartum cardiomyopathy: to be or not to be?
Heart Failure Program, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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[Abstract/Free Full Text] - Elkayam U, Tummala PP, Rao K. Maternal and fetal outcomes of subsequent pregnancies in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med. 2001;344:15671571
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