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Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in pregnancy

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We report a 34-year-old woman who presented at 21 weeks with cardiac failure due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Following refusal of pregnancy termination, she was treated conservatively with good maternal and neonatal outcome.

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  1. M. Mazor

    Present address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Soroka University Hospital of Kupat Holim and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Soroka University Hospital of Kupat Holim and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    E. Levitas & J. R. Leiberman

  2. Division of Cardiology, Soroka University Hospital of Kupat Holim and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Y. Gussarsky

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Beilinson University Hospital of Kupat Holim, Petah Tikvah, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    S. Friedman

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Mazor, M., Levitas, E., Gussarsky, Y. et al. Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in pregnancy. Arch Gynecol Obstet 255, 51–53 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02390676

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