Pregnancy after heart transplantation
Almeida, D.R.; Carvalho, A.C.; Branco, J.N.; Buffolo, E.; Martinez Filho, E.
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 65(3): 237-242
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0066-782X PMID: 8579511 Document Number: 444163
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.