Cardiopulmonary Exer cise Testing (CPET) is a unique physiologic medical test used to evaluate human response to progressive maximal exercise stress. Depending on the degree and type of deviation from the normal physiologic response, CPET can help identify a patient's specific limitations to exercise to guide clinical care without the need for other expensive and invasive diagnostic tests. However, given the amount and complexity of data obtained from CPET, interpretation and visualization of test results is challenging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe our fertility preservation program focusing on the number of oocytes vitrified by age.
Methods: From January 2015 to December 2016, 686 oocyte vitrification cycles were performed in our units for the social fertility preservation program. In total, 288 were donors who donated their oocytes for our oocyte-banking program, and 398 were patients who underwent elective fertility preservation.
J Assist Reprod Genet
January 2019
Objective: To study if the number of trophectoderm (TE) biopsied cells has an impact on implantation rates.
Design: A retrospective cohort study in a single-center study.
Setting: In vitro fertilization center.
PGD for HLA typing is a procedure that can be performed when an affected child requires a transplant to treat a non-hereditary disorder related to the hematopoietic and/or immune system. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from an HLA-identical donor provides the best treatment option. Three conventional ovarian stimulation procedures for IVF were performed in a couple with a 10-year-old child diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia of high risk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurposes: The purpose of this study is to describe a healthy life birth after a mosaic embryo transfer in oocyte in vitro maturation (IVM).
Methods: Patient received minimal stimulation, starting on day 3 after menstrual period. No hCG trigger was administered.