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European Heart Journal 1992 13(11):1589-1591;
Copyright © 1992 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1992 The European Society of Cardiology

Successful pregnancy, delivery and puerperium in a heart transplant patient with previous peripartum cardiomyopathy

A. C. CARVALHO, D. ALMEIDA, M. COHEN, V. LIMA, L. MOURA, E. BUFFOLO and E. E. MARTINEZ

From the Cardiology and Thorax Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil and Likoff Cardiovascular Institute, Hehnemann University, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

Correspondence. Eulogio E. Martinez, MD, Rus: Escobar Ortiz, 669, São Paulo, 04512 Brazil

Abstract

A 25-year-old female who had orthotopic cardiac transplantation for peripartum cardiomyopathy, became pregnant and had a successful pregnancy and delivery, and remains asymptomatic after 2 years of follow-up.

Key Words: Peripartum cardiomyopathy • cardiac transplantation


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