Impella™ Left Ventricular Assist Device for Acute Peripartum Cardiomyopathy After Cesarean Delivery.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare form of heart failure with significant perioperative implications. In this case report, we describe a 34-year-old gravida 5, parity 3, patient who was admitted for an elective cesarean delivery. During the delivery, the patient developed sudden cardiac arrest and was emergently intubated in the operating room.

Large-spot size transpupillary thermotherapy for the treatment of occult choroidal neovascularization associated with age-related macular degeneration.

Objective: To describe the outcome of patients with occult choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration treated with transpupillary thermotherapy.

Design: Prospective, nonrandomized, nonmasked case series.

Methods: All patients with age-related macular degeneration with a predominantly occult choroidal neovascular membrane and an initial visual acuity of 20/400 or better were offered treatment using transpupillary thermotherapy.

Macular pucker removal with and without internal limiting membrane peeling: pilot study.

Objective: To investigate results of macular pucker surgery with and without internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling.

Design: Retrospective noncomparative interventional case series.

Participants: Forty-four consecutive patients underwent pars plana vitrectomy to remove an idiopathic macular pucker by two surgeons from June 1999 to July 2000.