background: the latest studies reported that local endometrial injury is a useful method to improve the success of ivf-icsi outcome. objective: to assess whether local endometrial injury occurred by pipelle in the spontaneous cycle could improve implantation rate, cleavage rate, and pregnancy outcome in the subsequent ivf-icsi cycle in patients who had recurrent ivf failure. materials and metho...

We report an unusual case of early structural failure of the Freestyle stentless bioprosthesis 22 months after initial implantation. A 71-year-old woman, who had undergone stentless valve implantation by the subcoronary method, presented with a new diastolic murmur and progressive congestive heart failure 20 months after the initial implantation. Reoperation was performed using a stented biopro...

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are chemicals that have the capacity to interfere with normal endocrine systems. Two EDCs, bisphenol A (BPA) and triclosan (TCS), are mass-produced and widespread. They both have estrogenic properties and similar chemical structures and pharmacokinetic features and have been detected in human fluids and tissues. Clinical evidence has suggested a positive as...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to determine the utility of quantitation of right ventricular (RV) function in predicting RV failure in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. BACKGROUND Clinical evaluation alone seems insufficient for predicting RV failure, an important cause of morbidity and mortality after LVAD implantation. METHODS Clinical, hemodynamic, and...

This study aimed at assessing the correlations between gene expression of TNF-α, IFN-γ, TGF-β in peripheral lymphocytes from women suffering repeated implantation failure before and after intravenous Intra-lipid (IL) therapy, correlation changes with IL infusion success rate IVF cycles. Twenty-three complaining unexplained infertility without history autoimmune disorders, or immunodeficient dis...

Implantation, the beginning of fetal life in utero, has complex and dynamic processes including apposition and attachment of embryo to the uterine endometrial surface, invasion, placentation and decidualization. In mice, the period when uterus is available to accept the conceptus implanted called “implantation window”, is a very limited time, around day 3-5 post-coitum (p.c.). Orchestral regula...