Evaluation of myocardial ischemia in coronary artery disease with cardiac MR perfusion method: comparison with the results of catheter or CT angiography.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of the Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Perfusion (CMRP) method in detection of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) by comparing CMRP findings with the results of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) or Catheter Coronary Angiography (CCA).

Methods: Thirty one patients in whom CMRP was performed along with CCTA or CCA within a month after CMRP between December 2009 and November 2010 were selected for the study. In CMRP, after adenosine administration as a stress agent Balanced TFE sequences were used to gather dynamic images that include the myocardial first pass of contrast media.

Labor induction in term premature rupture of membranes: comparison between oxytocin and dinoprostone followed 6 hours later by oxytocin.

Objective: The aim of this randomized study was to compare 2 protocols for inducing labor in women with premature rupture of membranes (PROM) at term.

Study Design: Women with PROM and a Bishop score ≤5 were randomly assigned to receive either an intravenous oxytocin infusion (n = 223) or a dinoprostone pessary followed 6 hours later by an intravenous oxytocin infusion (n = 227).

Results: Vaginal delivery within 24 hours of labor induction increased significantly with sustained-released dinoprostone followed by oxytocin infusion (78.

Comparison of perinatal and maternal outcomes of severe preeclampsia, eclampsia, and HELLP syndrome.

Objective: To compare maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by severe preeclampsia, eclampsia, and HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelets) syndrome.

Materials And Methods: Maternal and neonatal charts of 1,222 consecutive pregnancies complicated by severe preeclampsia, eclampsia, or HELLP syndrome at our maternal-perinatal unit were reviewed. Patients were divided into three groups: 903 (73.

Sustained-release dinoprostone vaginal pessary with concurrent high-dose oxytocin infusion compared to sustained-release dinoprostone vaginal pessary followed 6 h later by high-dose oxytocin infusion for labor induction in women at term with unfavorable cervix: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of sustained-release dinoprostone vaginal pessary and concurrent high-dose oxytocin infusion with sustained-release dinoprostone vaginal pessary followed 6 h later by high-dose oxytocin infusion for cervical ripening and labor induction.

Methods: A total of 500 nulliparous or multiparous women with a singleton pregnancy, Bishop score ≤4 and admitted for labor induction. Women were randomly assigned to induction of labor using intravaginal dinoprostone with concurrent high-dose oxytocin (n = 250) or intravaginal dinoprostone pessary followed 6 h later by high-dose oxytocin (n = 250).