Pregnancy After Cardiac Transplantation

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 441-452

  Cowan, Scott W ^a   Davison, John M ^b   Doria, Cataldo ^a   Moritz, Michael J ^c   Armenti, Vincent T ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Immunosuppression; Outcomes complications; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMETABOLITE; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MACROLIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; BIRTH DEFECT; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FAMILY PLANNING; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REGISTER; REVIEW; SUBACUTE ENDOCARDITIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BREAST FEEDING; CONTRACEPTION; COUNSELING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863862907     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: 15582264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2012.05.001     Document Type: Review

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