749500login-checkComplex pregnancies after heart transplant underscore need for patient counseling |
By Regina Schaffer
Data show pregnancy after heart transplant brings significant risks for all-cause and CV maternal morbidity as well as higher risks for cesarean delivery and hospital readmission within 1 year, highlighting the need for patient counseling.
Female patients aged 18 to 49 comprised approximately 8% of heart transplant recipients in 2021, Amanda Craig, MD, assistant professor in the division of maternal-fetal medicine at Duke University Hospital, and colleagues wrote in JACC: Heart Failure. Read the full story in Healio.
749500login-checkComplex pregnancies after heart transplant underscore need for patient counseling |