[Pregnancy after heart transplantation].
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.
Almeida
D R
DR
Escola Paulista de Medicina-UNIFESP, São Paulo.
Carvalho
A C
AC
Branco
J N
JN
Buffolo
E
E
Martinez Filho
E
E
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome
Gravidez após transplante cardíaco.