Pregnancy and spontaneous delivery 13 months after heart transplantation.
This case report is about a 23-year-old female patient who underwent heart transplantation because of dilatative cardiomyopathy. Four months after transplantation she conceived. Thirteen months postoperatively, the patient had spontaneous vaginal delivery and gave birth to a child in good physical condition.
Ahner
R
R
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Vienna University, Austria.
Kiss
H
H
Zuckermann
A
A
Wenzl
R
R
Kurz
C
C
Laufer
G
G
Husslein
P
P
D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000601:surgery; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D013997:Time Factors