3D transvaginal ultrasound diagnosis of uterine septa according to different classifications: are there other measurements that correlate to reproductive outcome in small indentation length?

Background: High discrepancy between current classifications was observed in the definition of uterine septa, especially for indentation lengths >5 <10mm.

Objectives: To assess the discrepancy between current classifications in the diagnoses of septate uterus and to correlate them with reproductive outcomes; to detect 3D transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) additional measurements, which can better correlate small indentation lengths >5 <10mm to reproductive failures.

Materials And Methods: Observational study enrolling 664 women of reproductive age with 3D ultrasound diagnosis of an indentation length ≥3mm.

Combined use of export catheter and penumbra vacuum thromboaspiration in a challenging case of acute common carotid artery occlusion.

A 76-year-old hypertensive man with previous bilateral iliac stenting was admitted in our center for acute stroke with an NIH score of 20 at 6 h from symptoms onset. The common carotid occlusion with a huge thrombus and a very calcified plaque has been successfully recanalyzed with a combination of coronary total occlusion technique, filter-aided coronary manual thrombectomy and Penumbra vacuum thrombectomy systems.

Effect of aldosterone and glycyrrhetinic acid on the protein expression of PAI-1 and p22(phox) in human mononuclear leukocytes.

Aldosterone excess can produce heart and kidney fibrosis, which seem to be related to a direct effect of aldosterone at the level of specific receptors. We report a direct, mineralocorticoid-mediated effect on the protein expression of two markers of oxidative stress after incubation of mononuclear leukocytes with 1 x 10(-8) M aldosterone (p22(phox)/beta-actin = 1.38 +/- 0.