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Successful pregnancy and vaginal delivery after heart transplantation

B R Löwenstein1, N W Vain, S V Perrone

  • 1Department of Obstetrics, Neonatology, and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sanatorio Güemes Hospital Privado, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Successful pregnancy and delivery in women with serious cardiovascular diseases have been reported. We describe here a patient with a transplanted heart, treated with cyclosporine and prednisone, who underwent pregnancy and vaginal delivery with good outcomes for mother and infant.

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