E U R O P E A N C A R D I O V A S C U L A R D I S E A S E 2 0 0 6 1 Mathias Goyen is Chief Communication Officer (CCO) at the University Medical Center in Hamburg, Germany. He was previously Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University Hospital Essen, Germany. Dr Goyen has edited four books and authored many peer-reviewed articl...

EDiTOR: Not too long ago, the most dreaded perhaps of all hemorrhagic complications in obstetrical practice was that following premature separation of the placenta. \Vhen fully under way it is a major emergency. A feeling existed that the hemorrhage involved more than the simple tearing and exposure of open blood vessels. Continuation of the hemorrhage even in the presence of what seemed to be ...