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[Peripartum dilated cardiomyopathy. A model of multifactor disease?]
A Cénac1, A Djibo, L Djangnikpo
1Service de médecine interne Paul Béné CHRU Morvan, Brest.
La Revue De Medecine Interne
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare condition in Europe but a very frequent disease in Sahelian Africa. The risk factors are: heat, hard physical exertion during pregnancy, hypertension, sodium diet, ablutions with hot water during the postpartum period, selenium deficiency and probably latent myocarditis (viral?)