Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy: with or without heparin?
Our study revealed that in high volume centres and in selected patients without left atrial thrombus, heparin administration during PTMC is not associated with any additional protective effect against embolic events during short-term follow-up.
Our data suggest that the RATIO might serve as a predictor of IUGR and week of delivery. Although the number of patients in the current study was relatively small, the novelty of the proposed simple marker implies that a larger scale study is warranted. Such studies may confirm this finding and a possible advantage of using this RATIO instead of or in addition to MSAFP values for better prediction of pregnancies at risk for PC.