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РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ ЕВРОПЕЙСКОГО ОБЩЕСТВА КАРДИОЛОГОВ ПО ЛЕЧЕНИЮ СЕРДЕЧНО-СОСУДИСТЫХ ЗАБОЛЕВАНИЙ У БЕРЕМЕННЫХ

Regitz-Zagrosek

vera.regitz-zagrosek@charite.de

Blomstrom Lundqvist

Borghi

Cifkova

Ferreira

Foidart

J-M.

Gibbs

J.S.R.

Gohlke-Baerwolf

Gorenek

Lung

Kirby

Maas

A.H.E.M.

Morais

Nihoyannopoulos

Pieper

P. G.

Presbitero

Roos-Hesselink

J. W.

Schaufelberger

Seeland

Torracca

Charite´ Universitaetsmedizin Berlin Institute for Gender in MedicineRussian Federation

2012

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Copyright © Regitz-Zagrosek V., Blomstrom Lundqvist C., Borghi C., Cifkova R., Ferreira R., Foidart J., Gibbs J., Gohlke-Baerwolf C., Gorenek B., Lung B., Kirby M., Maas A., Morais J., Nihoyannopoulos P., Pieper P., Presbitero P., Roos-Hesselink J., Schaufelberger M., Seeland U., Torracca L., 2016

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Regitz-Zagrosek V., Blomstrom Lundqvist C., Borghi C., Cifkova R., Ferreira R., Foidart J., Gibbs J., Gohlke-Baerwolf C., Gorenek B., Lung B., Kirby M., Maas A., Morais J., Nihoyannopoulos P., Pieper P., Presbitero P., Roos-Hesselink J., Schaufelberger M., Seeland U., Torracca L.

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Члены комитета по практическим рекомендациям: J.J. Bax (председатель, Нидерланды), A. Auricchio (Швейцария), H. Baumgartner (Германия), C. Ceconi (Италия), V. Dean (Франция), C. Deaton (Великобритания), R. Fagard (Бельгия), C. Funck-Brentano (Франция), D. Has-dai (Израиль), A. Hoes (Нидерланды), J. Knuuti (Финляндия), P . Kolh (Бельгия), T. McDonagh (Великобритания), C. Moulin (Франция), D. Poldermans (Нидерланды), B.A. Popescu (Румыния), Z. Reiner (Хорватия), U. Sechtem (Германия), P .A. Sirnes (Норвегия), A. Torbicki (Польша), A. Vahanian (Франция), S. Windecker (Швейцария) Рецензенты: H. Baumgartner (координатор, Германия), C. Deaton (координатор, Великобритания), C. Aguiar (Португалия), N. Al-Attar (Франция), A.A. Garcia (Испания), A. Antoniou (Греция), I. Coman (Румыния), U. Elkayam (США), M.A. Gomez-Sanchez (Испания), N. Gotcheva (Болгария), D. Hilfiker-Kleiner (Германия), R.G. Kiss (Венгрия), A. Kitsiou (Греция), K.T.S. Konings (Нидерланды), G.Y.H. Lip (Великобритания), A. Manolis (Греция), A. Mebaaza (Франция), I. Mintale (Латвия), M-C. Morice (Франция), B.J. Mulder (Нидерланды), A. Pasquet (Бельгия), S. Price (Великобритания), S.G. Priori (Италия), M.J. Salvador (Испания), A. Shotan (Израиль), C.K. Silversides (Канада), S.O. Skouby† (Дания), J-I. Stein¤ (Австрия), P . Tornos (Испания), N. Vejlstrup (Дания), F . Walker (Великобритания), C. Warnes (США)

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