Publications by authors named "Mariya Angelova"

The present study aimed to investigate and compare oxidative stress biomarkers and antioxidant enzyme activity in the serum of women at risk of developing preeclampsia (PE) to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes through early intervention. Changes in soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) and placental growth factor (PlGF) levels were measured between 11 and 13 gestational weeks (gw.) before the onset of preeclampsia and its associated complications.

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Aim: The aim of this publication is to present a case of CMV infection during pregnancy, with clinical manifestations of the development of microcephaly and simultaneous dilatation of the 3rd and 4th brain ventricle at 23 weeks gestation. This article discusses the role of ultrasound screening in the second trimester of pregnancy.

Case Presentation: We present the case of a 25-year-old woman with the initials S.

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Aim: To determine the prognostic value of the low Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) levels in the early stages of pregnancy (11-13 weeks GA) independently and in combination with a Doppler test of the uterine arteries during the second half of pregnancy (22-23 weeks GA).

Material And Methods: The study covered the period 2010-2011 and included 106 pregnant women, aged 35-40, with a single child pregnancy. The research excluded pregnant women with anomalies of the fetus, smokers and women taking prophylactically low doses of aspirin.

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Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of chlamydial infection among pregnant women and to determine the role of this infection in the fetus.

Material And Methods: In the first phase of this study were reported 58 pregnant women with a positive test for active chlamydial infection by applying immunofluorescence. In the second phase of the study were reported pregnant with premature burst membranes (PBM), postnatal complications associated with chlamydial infection as puerperal endometritis, and newborns are monitored for low birth weight and growth retardation at birth.

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The authors describe a rare case of secondary abdominal pregnancy after in vitro fertilization pre-embryo transfer (IVF-ET). Ultrasonography was applied to image ectopic gestational sac containing a yolk vesicle and located adjacent to the anterior uterine wall and left adnexa. Laparoscopy was done on the same day followed by sinistral salpingectomy due to tubal abortion indications.

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The authors describe a case of a congenital Mullerian anomaly, uterus unicornis with missing right fallopian tube. An in Vitro Fertilization Pre-Embryo Transfer (IVF-ET) procedure was done and presently is known that the patient has left fallopian tube and left ovary, two kidneys, and right ovary is missing. No diagnostic laparoscopy and hysteroscopy were done, only hysterosalpingography (HSG) before the IVF procedure.

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As a representative of the low dose generation of oral contraceptives, Midiana 28 provides minimal intake of estrogens for the female organism in the presence of a new generation getation component- Drospierenone. Midiana has an excellent contraceptive effect - the control group of women showed no cases of impregnation during the intake, Pearl index =0.00.

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The surgical hysteroscopy became popular as a minimally invasive approach to interuterine changes. Dilatation is a real challenge during surgical hyseroscopy especially in first delivery patients, women in menopause and women with cervical stenosis. Apart from this, some long hysteroscopy operations such as myomectomy require adequate dilatation in order to facilitate the multiple insertions and drawing pulling of the resectoscope.

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