A 14-year-old female patient became pregnant 6 years after heart transplantation. The pregnancy evolved uneventfully, and the newborn infant was healthy. Five months after delivery, the mother was in good condition with preserved ventricular function, and the baby had normal neuro-psychomotor development. Even though the case reported here was a success, pregnancy following cardiac transplantation is considered a high-risk condition and remains contraindicated.
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Eur J Pediatr
January 2025
Service de Physiologie Pédiatrique-Centre du Sommeil-CRMR Hypoventilations Alvéolaires Rares, INSERM NeuroDiderot, Université Paris-Cité, AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France.
Unlabelled: It is known that in most cases of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), apnoeas and hypoventilation occur at birth. Nevertheless, a detailed description of initial symptoms, including pregnancy events and diagnostic tests performed, is warranted in infants with neonatal onset of CCHS, that is, in the first month of life. The European Central Hypoventilation Syndrome Consortium created an online patient registry from which 97 infants (44 females) with CCHS of neonatal onset and PHOX2B mutation from 10 countries were selected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Perinat Neonatal Nurs
January 2025
Author Affiliations: Departments of Midwifery (Mr Fikadu), Internal Medicine (Dr Shibru), and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Drs Koira, Chufamo, and Mulugeta), and School of Public Health (Messrs Kote and Hailemariam and Dr Ayele), College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Southern Region, Arba Minch, Ethiopia; Ethiopia Midwives Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Messrs Belgu and Mazengia); and Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Amhara Region, Gondar, Ethiopia (Dr Ayele).
Purpose: This study was aimed to assess the effect of intermittent fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring using Moyo Doppler compared with fetoscope in hospitals of Ethiopia, 2023.
Background: To facilitate more prompt identification of a hypoxic fetus, Laerdal Global Health has recently introduced the Moyo FHR monitor. Nevertheless, there exists limited knowledge regarding its efficacy derived from multicenter contextual trials conducted in resource-constrained environments, specifically in Ethiopia.
Cureus
December 2024
Neurology, Mercy Hospital Springfield, Springfield, USA.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) are cardiac conditions that can occur in the peripartum period. They have distinct characteristics and incidence rates; although rare, both contribute to the second leading cause of all-cause maternal mortality in the state of Missouri. PPCM can lead to heart failure, and TCM can cause acute arrhythmias leading to sudden cardiac death in otherwise healthy individuals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Cardiothorac Surg
January 2025
Semmelweis University Heart and Vascular Centre, Budapest, 1122, Hungary.
Background: Aortic dissection occurs rarely during pregnancy but carries a significantly high vital risk for both the mother and the fetus. Early diagnosis and treatment are critical for a successful outcome.
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old pregnant woman at 31 weeks of gestation began experiencing shortness of breath, chest pain, and palpitations, which were attributed to an anxiety disorder she had been previously diagnosed with.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
December 2025
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Objective: There is an increase in the application data of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in perinatal women, particularly since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019. Therefore, we reviewed publications on the use of ECMO in pregnant and postpartum women and analyzed the maternal and fetal outcomes, updated the progress of ECMO in perinatal women.
Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search across PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and the International Clinical Trials Registry (ICTRP), yielding 30 eligible clinical studies that investigated the application of ECMO during pregnancy.
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