Prenatal diagnosis of accessory mitral valve tissue in a fetus with persistent dysrhythmia.

Background: Accessory mitral valve tissue (AMVT) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly that mainly diagnosed in the first decade of life. However, asymptomatic cases may not be diagnosed even up to adulthood. We report a fetus with AMVT to show the diagnostic ability of the fetal echocardiography for detection of this pathology in the prenatal period.

Cardiac Calcified Amorphous Tumor in the Neonatal Period.

Calcified amorphous tumor (CAT) of the heart is a rare nonneoplastic cardiac mass that may exhibit symptoms resembling malignancy. In this report, we presented a 4-month-old male baby with repeated attacks of cyanosis and a cardiac murmur. Echocardiography revealed a tumoral noncircumscribed mass in the right atrium adhering to the interatrial septum which extends to the inferior vena cava.

A prospective cohort study on association of first-trimester serum biomarkers and risk of isolated foetal congenital heart defects.

Background: This study aims to assess the association between first-trimester biomarkers in foetuses with a non-chromosomal congenital heart defect (CHD) and compares it to the matched healthy foetuses.

Method: Nuchal Translucency (NT), Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A (PAPP-A) and free beta-human Chorionic Gonadotropin (β-hCG) were evaluated in 56 isolated foetal heart defects and 224 controls. The CHDs were further divided into Critical CHD (C-CHD) and Non-critical CHD (N-CHD) groups.

Uterine artery Doppler ultrasound in second pregnancy with previous elective cesarean section.

Objectives: To assess the effects of previous cesarean delivery (CD) and placental location on second trimester uterine artery Doppler indices in subsequent pregnancy and to assess the predictive values of abnormal Doppler findings for adverse pregnancy outcomes in women with previous CD.

Study Design: This prospective cohort study evaluated 400 gravida two pregnant women (200 with previous none medically indicated CD and 200 with previous normal vaginal deliveries (NVD)) who were referred for second trimester fetal anatomic survey. Uterine artery Doppler studies were performed in all participants who were then followed until delivery.

Noninvasive Evaluation of Myocardial Systolic Dysfunction in the Early Stage of Kawasaki Disease: A Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography Study.

Background: Evaluation of myocardial function by speckle-tracking echocardiography is a new method for the early diagnosis of systolic dysfunction.

Objectives: We aimed to determine myocardial speckle-tracking echocardiography indices in Kawasaki Disease (KD) patients and compare them with the same indices in control subjects.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-two patients (65.

Exploring women's personal experiences of giving birth in Gonabad city: a qualitative study.

Background: Women's health is an important task in society. The aim of this qualitative study that used a phenomenological approach was to explain women's personal experiences of giving birth in Gonabad city that had positive experiences of giving birth in order to establish quality cares and the related factors of midwifery cares for this physiological phenomenon.

Methods: The participants were 21 primiparae women who gave a normal and or uncomplicated giving birth in the hospital of Gonabad University of medical sciences.