A Successful Pregnancy and Delivery after Heart Transplantation: The First Case Report from Korea.
10.4285/jkstn.2018.32.3.69
- Author:
Hyo In CHOI
1
;
Jung Ae HONG
;
Min Seok KIM
;
Sang Eun LEE
;
Sung Ho JUNG
;
Hye Sung WON
;
Jae Joong KIM
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jjkim@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Heart transplantation;
Pregnancy;
Delivery;
Immunosuppressant
- MeSH:
Adult;
Child;
Female;
Heart Transplantation*;
Heart*;
Humans;
Infant;
Korea*;
Pregnancy*;
Transplants
- From:The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation
2018;32(3):69-73
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Pregnancy following heart transplantation is a high-risk condition, requiring adequate maintenance of immunosuppressive drugs that enable proper graft function for optimal maternal and fetal outcomes. Here, we present the first case of successful child delivery in a patient who underwent heart transplantation in Korea. The 35-year-old female patient had become pregnant at 4 years after heart transplantation. The pregnancy progressed uneventfully, and the infant was healthy.
