Detection of Left Atrial Remodeling by Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in Symptomatic Patients Known to Had Non-Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most prevalent inherited disorders and a common cause of sudden heart death. Left atrial (LA) dilatation frequently occurs in patients with HCM as a result of impaired left ventricular (LV) relaxation or associated involvement of LA myocardium in HCM.

Methods: We enrolled 170 patients known to had HCM (non-obstructive type) and 30 healthy subjects (control group).

Biomarker and isotopic characteristics of Miocene condensates and natural gases, West Delta deep marine concession, Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt.

The Western Delta Deep Marine Concession (WDDM) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is one of northern Africa's most recent petroleum-potential regions for gas and condensate exploration. The present study aims to determine the characteristics of the 15 natural gases and 5 associated condensate samples, using molecular compositions and isotopes from the Miocene reservoir rocks in the various wells located in the WDDM. The results of this study are also used to determine the gas-condensate correlation for their probable source rocks as well as the methane-generating mechanisms (i.

Middle-East OBGYN Graduate Education (MOGGE) Foundation practice guidelines: prevention of group B Streptococcus infection in pregnancy and in newborn. Practice guideline no. 02-O-20.

Rectovaginal colonization with group B streptococcus (GBS) is commonly encountered in pregnancy. GBS is the most common cause of early onset neonatal sepsis, which is associated with 12% case-fatality rate. Although screening protocols and prophylactic treatment are readily available worldwide, practice in low-resource countries is challenged by lack of awareness and limited implementation of these protocols.