Objective : To determine whether women with factor V Leiden mutation, a common inherited defect of coagulation, are at increased risk for recurrent pregnancy loss after ICSI. Patients and Methods : Women with recurrent implantation failure were compared to a matching group of women conceived naturally. Factor V Leiden was investigated in each group to determine its homozygosity or heterozygosit...

BACKGROUND Recurrent implantation failure is one of the most issues in IVF cycles. Some researchers found that beneficial effects of endometrial Scratching in women with recurrent implantation failure, while some authors demonstrated contrary results. OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to investigate the effect of intrauterine. Saline infusion as a form of endometrial injury, during fresh in v...

BACKGROUND Endometrial function is essential for embryo implantation. The aim of this study was to analyze gene expression profiles from individual endometrial samples obtained from women with repeated implantation failure after IVF in oocyte donation programs. METHODS Seventeen volunteers were recruited: women who had previously participated as recipients in oocyte donation cycles and repeat...

OBJECTIVE Acute right ventricular (RV) failure is a life-threatening condition with a poor prognosis, and sometimes the use of mechanical circulatory support is inevitable. In this article, we describe our experience using a centrifugal pump as a temporary percutaneous right ventricular assist device (RVAD) in patients with postoperative acute refractory RV failure after left ventricular assist...

BACKGROUND Ventricular assist devices (VAD) are implanted in patients with end-stage heart failure for bridging the time until heart transplantation, resulting in hemodynamic unloading of the failing heart, improved cardiac contractile and mitochondrial function, and reversal of cardiac hypertrophy. It is unknown whether VAD unloading may affect the cardiac endothelin (ET) system, which has bee...

AIMS To determine ten-year failure rates following 36 mm metal-on-metal (MoM) Pinnacle total hip arthroplasty (THA), and identify predictors of failure. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively assessed a single-centre cohort of 569 primary 36 mm MoM Pinnacle THAs (all Corail stems) followed up since 2012 according to Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulation Agency recommendations. All-cau...

hla-g is a tolerogenic molecule that expresses in cytotrophoblast cells and plays an important role in immune response suppression in maternal decidua. interactions between the extracellular domains of the hla-g protein with cell receptors of the immune system are well-known.this  study  investigated  the  association  between  hla-g  gene  polymorphism  with repeated implantation failure (rif)...