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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2022 Jul 30;41(11):1611–1616. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.07.021

Table 2: Commonly reported contraindications to pregnancy in HT recipients.

The table below lists the percentages of respondents who reported that the conditions would be a contraindication to pregnancy after heart transplantation.

% Providers
(n=57)
History of any 2R rejection 11%
History of 2R rejection within the past year 53%
History of any 3R rejection 19%
History of 3R rejection within the past year 19%
History of AMR 1h or 1i within the past year 28%
History of AMR 2 28%
History of AMR 2 in the past year 51%
Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction 72%
Presence of donor specific antibodies without evidence of AMR 14%
presence of any cardiac allograft vasculopathy 40%
Presence of cardiac allograft vasculopathy CAV2 or greater 56%
History of noncompliance within the past year 70%
History of peripartum cardiomyopathy pretransplant 33%