Moscow doctors helped a heart transplant patient give birth to a healthy baby.

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Doctors at the perinatal center of L.A. Vorokhobov City Clinical Hospital No. 67 helped a woman who had previously undergone a heart transplant become a mother. This is an extremely rare event in medical practice, reported Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development.

We continue to develop the capital's healthcare system so that every woman can look to the future with confidence and plan for motherhood, knowing she can always count on high-quality medical care. Thanks to the creation of a robust obstetrics and gynecology service, our doctors save pregnant patients and newborns even in the most complex and rare cases. For example, at the Perinatal Center of L.A. Vorokhobov Hospital No. 67, they helped a woman with a heart transplant become a mother. There are fewer than 100 such cases worldwide, and only a few have been recorded in Russia. The pregnant patient consulted specialists complaining of deteriorating health. Doctors thoroughly examined her and diagnosed a number of conditions, including heart rhythm disturbances and chronic heart failure. Labor began prematurely, at 35 weeks, but proceeded smoothly. Thanks to the work of a multidisciplinary team of doctors, complications were avoided. "After the baby was born, specialists cared for her for three more weeks and helped her grow stronger. Now, the mother and daughter are home with their family," said Anastasia Rakova.

In July, a pregnant patient presented to the Perinatal Center of City Clinical Hospital No. 67 complaining of deteriorating health during physical activity. She had previously been treated there due to the risk of premature labor. The complexity of her case was that several years earlier, she had been diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which causes circulatory problems.

As a result of the examination, doctors discovered that the patient had anemia caused by iron deficiency, irregular heart rhythms and musculoskeletal muscle function, high blood pressure due to pregnancy, chronic heart failure, and other health problems.

To develop an optimal pregnancy management plan, specialists from the remote coordination center organized a multidisciplinary consultation. Following the discussion, the doctors decided to extend the pregnancy. The patient was hospitalized in the pregnancy pathology department. Labor began prematurely, at 35 weeks. Specialists performed a successful cesarean section, resulting in the birth of a healthy baby girl. Three days after the surgery, the mother was discharged home, and the newborn remained under observation in a specialized department. For three weeks, doctors from the perinatal center provided necessary care and helped the baby grow stronger. Both mother and baby are now under regular outpatient monitoring by specialists.

The Perinatal Center of City Clinical Hospital No. 67 named after L.A. Vorokhobov is fully integrated into the multidisciplinary hospital system and is staffed by highly qualified experts in 50 specialties: internal medicine, surgery, neurology, cardiology, endocrinology, traumatology, neurosurgery, and others. The center combines state-of-the-art medical technologies and the best specialists. The perinatal center includes a consultative and diagnostic center, three obstetric hospitals, a maternity ward and operating room, intensive care units, neonatal pathology and premature infant care units, neonatal and infant intensive care units, and a pediatric operating room with three operating rooms.

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