Effectiveness and Safety of Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure in Adults with Systemic Essential Hypertension.

Concomitant systemic essential hypertension (HTN) in adults with a secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) can unfavorably affect the hemodynamics and transcatheter ASD closure (ASDC) effects. This study aims to assess the effectiveness and safety of ASDC in adults with HTN in real-world clinical practice. Right ventricular (RV) reverse remodeling (RVR) and the lack of a left-to-right interatrial residual shunt (NoRS) in echocardiography 24 h and 6 months (6 M) post-ASDC, and ASDC-related complications within 6 M were evaluated in 184 adults: 79 with HTN (HTN+) and 105 without HTN (HTN-).

Single port laparoscopy (SPL): Retrospective study evaluating postoperative pain in comparison with conventional laparoscopy (CL).

Objective: To compare postoperative pain after single port laparoscopy (SPL) approach with conventional laparoscopy (CL) in case of adnexectomy.

Material And Methods: This is a retrospective monocentric study involving patients who underwent adnexal surgery by SPL or CL for a suspected benign disease or as a preventive measure. The main outcome measure was the level of postoperative pain.

[Controlled hyperstimulation in intra-uterine inseminations: hMG-hCG protocol (204 cycles)].

Objective: to evaluate the results of superovulation, protocol hMG-hCG, associated to IUI for treatment of infertility.

Patients And Methods: this prospective study, includes 77 couples who underwent 204 consecutive cycles of homologous IUI. The same protocol was applied for all the couples.

[Screening for congenital toxoplasmosis: pregnancy outcome after prenatal diagnosis in 211 cases].

Objective: To emphasize the importance of follow-up after birth of infants with an antenatal diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis.

Methods: Retrospective study from July 1987 through January 31 1995 on 211 women (214 fetuses) who had undergone ovular biopsy for toxoplasmosis seroconversion during pregnancy.

Results: Antenatal diagnosis was positive in 13 patients (6.