BACKGROUND Myocardial T1 relaxation time (T1 time) and extracellular volume fraction (ECV) are altered in the presence of myocardial fibrosis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate acquisition factors that may result in variation of measured T1 time and ECV including magnetic field strength, cardiac phase and myocardial region. METHODS 31 study subjects were enrolled and underwent one car...

Objective: To find out whether initiating external cephalic version (ECV) earlier in pregnancy increase the rate of successful ECV procedures, and be more effective in decreasing the non cephalic presentations at birth and also cesarean section rate. Methodology: This interventional study was conducted in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology st Mardan Medical Complex from first July 2010 to ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of external cephalic version (ECV) when its use was introduced in the routine management of breech presentation and transverse lie after 36 weeks by obstetricians with limited prior experience with the procedure. The influence of various factors on the outcome of ECV was also studied. METHODS Retrospective study of 44 cons...

Introduction. Our study aims to investigate and evaluate (1) rates of success of ECV for breech presentation at term at the Royal Women's Hospital in comparison to international standards; (2) mode of delivery following ECV; (3) factors influencing success rates of ECV at the Royal Women's Hospital. Methods. An audit of all women who underwent ECV between the years 2007 and 2014 at the Royal Wo...

Delayed contrast enhancement after injection of a gadolinium-chelate (Gd-chelate) is a reference imaging method to detect myocardial tissue changes. Its localization within the thickness of the myocardial wall allows differentiating various pathological processes such as myocardial infarction (MI), inflammatory myocarditis, and cardiomyopathies. The aim of the study was first to characterize be...

Introduction: Giant cavernous hemangioma involving the nose extending to the nasopharynx and oropharynx with complete obstruction of the airway is very unusual and is yet to be described in the literature. In the present case, we have described a giant cavernous hemangioma successfully managed with endoscopic excision. Case Report: A 38-year-old male patient presented with rec...

OBJECTIVE Though on average one out of every two external cephalic versions (ECV) fails to rotate the breech fetus, little is known about the outcomes of pregnancies in which ECV is unsuccessful. The objective of the present study is to compare obstetrical and neonatal outcomes following failure of ECV, relative to cases of breech controls without an attempt at ECV. STUDY DESIGN We conducted ...

A eletrodeposição de filmes finos de um derivado da indenodiona em eletrodo de carbono vítreo modificado por nanotubos de carbono de paredes múltiplas (ECV-NTCPM), mostra um par de picos com características de confinamento em superfície. O eletrodo de carbono vítreo modificado por NTCPM e pela indenodiona (ECV-NTCPMI) apresenta uma alta atividade catalítica para a eletro-oxidação de hidroxilami...

The present paper focuses on problem of mixed convection fluid flow and heat transfer of Al2O3-water nanofluid with temperature and nanoparticles concentration dependent thermal conductivity and effective viscosity inside Lid-driven cavity having a hot rectangular obstacle. The governing equations are discretized using the finite volume method while the SIMPLER algorithm is employed to couple v...