Pregnancy in heart- and heart/lung recipients can be problematic

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 349-353

  Estensen, Mette ^a   Gude, Einar ^a   Ekmehag, Bjorn ^b   Lommi, Jyri ^c   Bjortuft, Oystein ^d   Mortensen, Svend ^e   Nystrom, Ulla M ^f   Simonsen, Svein ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

heart and lung transplantation; heart transplantation; immunosuppression; pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81055144323     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14017431.2011.605168     Document Type: Article

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