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Cardiology
Incidence of peripartum cardiomyopathy is higher in Haiti than U.S.
February 9th, 2006
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) occurs significantly more commonly in rural Haiti on a per capita basis than in the United States. Researchers writing in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings conducted a study "to determine the incidence and prognosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) in rural Haiti. Prospectively identified patients with PPCM treated at the Hospital Albert Schweitzer (HAS), Deschapelles, Haiti, were included in this study." "Patients who presented to HAS from February 1, 2000, to January 31, 2005, were identified through a search of the HAS PPCM Registry," wrote J.D. Fett and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. "Clinical and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-09)
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