Planned pregnancy in a heart transplant recipient
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Implantation of Total Artificial Heart in Congenital Heart Disease
Published on: July 18, 2014
C A Wasywich1, P N Ruygrok, L Wilkinson
1Department of Cardiology, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. C.Wasywich@auckland.ac.nz
Internal Medicine Journal
|April 17, 2004
Abstract:
Solid organ transplantation often leads to the return of fertility in recipients. In females of childbearing age this can be accompanied by a desire to have children. The present paper discusses a planned pregnancy in a heart transplant recipient and outlines important -management issues. These principles of management can be applied to most solid organ transplant recipients.
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