Prediction of adverse outcome by ophthalmic artery Doppler and angiogenic markers in pregnancies with new onset hypertension.

Objectives: To compare the ophthalmic artery Doppler peak systolic velocity ratio (OA PSV-ratio) and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1/placental growth factor ratio (sFlt-1/PlGF ratio) in predicting adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes in women presenting with new onset hypertension.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study in a specialist hypertension clinic, within a tertiary referral centre.

Main Outcome Measures: Comparison between the OA PSV-ratio and sFlt-1/PlGF ratio in predicting delivery within one week from presentation and adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes e.

Ophthalmic artery peak systolic velocity ratio distinguishes pre-eclampsia from chronic and gestational hypertension: A prospective cohort study.

Objective: To examine whether the ophthalmic artery peak systolic velocity ratio (OA PSV-ratio) is higher in women with pre-eclampsia compared with gestational hypertension (GH) and chronic hypertension (CH), after controlling for confounding variables.

Design: Prospective cohort.

Setting: Specialist hypertension clinic in a tertiary referral centre.

Postnatal assessment for renal dysfunction in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy : A prospective observational study.

Background: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are associated with chronic kidney disease. Early detection of renal dysfunction enables implementation of strategies to prevent progression. International guidelines recommend review at 6-8 weeks postpartum to identify persistent hypertension and abnormal renal function, but evidence for the efficacy of this review is limited.

The diagnostic accuracy of two methods for E6&7 mRNA detection in women with minor cytological abnormalities.

Objective: To examine the diagnostic accuracy of nucleic acid sequence based amplification (NASBA) and flow cytometry for E6&7 human papillomavirus (HPV) mRNA detection in the triage of minor cytological abnormalities.

Design: Prospective diagnostic accuracy study.

Setting: Gynecology outpatient clinics of a university hospital.

A severe coarctation of aorta in a 72-year-old female: a case report.

Aortic coarctation is a congenital malformation of the aorta usually diagnosed and corrected early in life. Long-term survival is exceptional in patients with untreated aortic coarctation. In this case report, we present a late diagnosis of aortic coarctation in a 72-year-old female.