Do inotropic agents improve the peripheral microcirculation of patients with end-stage chronic heart failure?
Peripheral muscle microcirculation as assessed by NIRS is impaired in patients with CHF. This impairment is partially reversed by infusion of inotropic agents in patients with ESCHF.
Low ovarian response could be associated mainly with a quantitative rather than a qualitative decline in ovarian function. Therefore, even if the ovarian response to stimulation is low, patients aged<or =35 years should process to oocyte retrieval.