Early Versus Late Post Cesarean Section Warfarin Initiation and Increased Risk of Maternal Complications in Patients With Mechanical Heart Valves: A Randomized, Open-Label Pilot Study.

Background And Objectives: The timing of the reinstitution of warfarin after cesarean section (CS) delivery was not adequately addressed in the literature. This study aims to evaluate the risks of early versus late initiation of warfarin post-CS in patients with mechanical heart valves.

Methods: This randomized, open-label cohort study included 114 pregnant women with mechanical heart valves planned to be delivered by CS at or after 28 weeks of gestation.

Fetal echocardiographic parameters in pregnancies complicated by diabetes: a case control study.

Background: At present, the prevalence of pregestational diabetes is 2.2% with an overall prevalence of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy of about 16.2%.

Fetal MRI in the evaluation of fetuses referred for sonographically suspected neural tube defects (NTDs): impact on diagnosis and management decision.

Introduction: We hypothesized that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can assess fetuses with sonographically (ultrasonography (US))-suspected neural tube defects (NTD) that might influence their diagnoses and management decision.

Methods: Institutional review board approval and informed consents were obtained to perform MRI for 19 fetuses referred with US-suspected NTD. Prenatal imaging findings were correlated with management decision, postnatal clinical, postnatal imaging, and pathology.