Informing preconception counseling : Outcomes among female heart transplant recipients in the ISHLT registry

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BACKGROUND: The numbers of women of child-bearing age undergoing heart transplantation (HT) and female pediatric HT recipients surviving to child-bearing age have increased, along with improvements in post-transplant survival. Data regarding life expectancy and comorbidities in reproductive-aged female HT recipients are needed to inform shared decision-making at the time of preconception counseling.

METHODS: The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry was investigated for HT recipients between January 1, 2000 and June 30, 2017. Women of childbearing age were defined as those aged 15-45 years, either at transplant, or at the respective post-transplant follow-up. Characteristics and outcomes of female recipients of childbearing age at transplant, 5-, 10-, and 15-year follow-up were compared to females > 45 years of age, males 15-45 years and males > 45 years of age at the corresponding time intervals. Outcomes included survival, development of diabetes (DM), severe renal dysfunction (CKD), and cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV).

RESULTS: During the study period, 71,585 HT recipients were included: 24% (n = 17,194) were female and 9.2% (n = 6602) were of childbearing age at HT. A pre-transplant diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy was associated with significantly worse post-transplant survival, a finding that remained independent of panel reactive antibody levels. The presence of pre-transplant DM and/or severe CKD was significantly associated with lower survival as were the presence of CAV, DM, and CKD post-HT.

CONCLUSION: Knowledge of the impact of pre-existing comorbidities and complications post-HT on survival are important for risk stratification for preconception counseling post-HT.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - (2023) vom: 13. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bhagra, Catriona J [VerfasserIn]
Cherikh, Wida S [VerfasserIn]
Ross, Heather [VerfasserIn]
Kittleson, Michelle M [VerfasserIn]
Stehlik, Josef [VerfasserIn]
Lewis, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
DeFilippis, Ersilia M [VerfasserIn]
Macera, Francesca [VerfasserIn]

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Cardio-obstetrics
Heart transplantation
Journal Article
Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Pregnancy
Survival

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Date Revised 11.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1016/j.healun.2023.12.003

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NLM365924504