Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Patient Perceptions and Knowledge Surrounding Pregnancy After Heart Transplantation: A Multicenter Study
Authors' conclusion
Many women feel they are not receiving adequate counseling with regard to posttransplant reproductive health.
Study context
- Population
- Women of childbearing age (18–45 years) at the time of heart transplantation (HT), transplanted January 2005 to January 2020
- Participants
- 64 survey responses
- Outcome
- Perceptions, counseling and knowledge on pregnancy after HT
Methodological detailsweb-based survey, multicentre, 6 high-volume HT centers in the US
- Web-based survey
- Multicentre
- 6 high-volume HT centers in the US
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Pregnant before HT
- 25 (39.1%)
- ≥1 pregnancy post-transplant
- 6 (9.4%)
- Not enough information on post-HT pregnancy before listing
- n=34 (53%)
- Did not discuss ability to become pregnant with care team before HT
- n=16 (26%)
- Still not enough information on pregnancy after HT
- n=28 (44%)
- Discussed contraception with transplant team
- n=49 (77%)
- Reported pregnancy never safe after transplantation, based on information from transplant providers
- n=13 (20%)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Patient Perceptions and Knowledge Surrounding Pregnancy After Heart Transplantation: A Multicenter Study. Circ Heart Fail. Published 1 August 2024. doi:10.
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