Maternal and Pregnancy Outcomes Following Heart Transplantation in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improved survival following heart transplantation (HT) has led to more recipients contemplating pregnancy, but data on outcomes are limited.

Objectives

The authors used a national data set to investigate and describe outcomes of pregnancies and deliveries in the United States in HT recipients.

Methods

Diagnosis and procedure codes from the 2010-2020 Nationwide Readmissions Database identified delivery hospitalizations, history of HT, comorbid conditions, and outcomes. The authors compared rates of severe maternal morbidity (SMM), nontransfusion SMM, cardiovascular SMM (cSMM), and preterm birth from delivery hospitalization between HT recipients and no-HT recipients. The authors evaluated readmission to 330 days postpartum. Logistic and proportional hazard r

SUBMITTER: Craig AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10841668 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature