title: [Pregnancy after heart transplantation].
abstract: A 25-year old female patient, with peripartum cardiomyopathy was submitted to heart transplantation and became pregnant two years after. Pregnancy was uneventful and a baby-girl was born completely healthy. Six years after pregnancy, the mother remains well with preserved ventricular function and the girl has had a normal development. Although considered a high-risk situation and not indicated, pregnancy after heart transplantation is possible, without any apparent deterioration of the transplanted graft and with healthy babies being delivered.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina-UNIFESP, São Paulo.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Branco
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Buffolo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martinez Filho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome
vernacular_title: Gravidez após transplante cardíaco.