INQUIRER.net: Argentine woman gives birth after heart transplant

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Argentine woman gives birth after heart transplant Jan 29th 2013, 23:49 BUENOS AIRES—In what doctors Tuesday said was a medical first, an Argentine woman with a transplanted heart gave birth to a baby girl following an in vitro fertilization.   Pregnancy after an organ transplant is always a high risk proposition because the drugs needed to ensure the transplanted organ is not rejected make pregnancy difficult, and their effects on the fetus were not clear.   "There is no record in the world of a transplant patient who has achieved pregnancy through in vitro fertilization," said Gustavo Leguizamon, head of the high risk pregnancy center in Buenos Aires, where the treatment was performed.   The risks are even greater in ... Keep on reading: Argentine woman gives birth after heart transplant Media files: newborn-baby.jpg (image/jpeg)

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