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3D real-time imaging of the fetal heart.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical utility of a novel 3D scanner system for real-time 3D fetal echocardiography. METHOD: In a prospective study, 13 single, healthy 20- to 24-week-old fetuses were examined with conventional 2D and real-time 3D echocardiography. The visualization rates and imaging quality of standard cardiac views were compared between both methods. RESULTS: The visualization rates of standard cardiac planes were found to be slightly increased and more easily obtainable in 3D imaging whereas the image quality showed better results with conventional 2D echocardiography. CONCLUSION: Our data show that real-time 3D fetal echocardiography can be considered a useful tool in the evaluation of the fetal heart with the necessity for further refinement of the resolution quality

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Urinary magnesium in early postmenopausal women. Influence of hormone therapy on calcium.

The urinary excretion of magnesium was studied in two groups of healthy women just after menopause. The women in group I were randomly allocated to receive either placebo or 4, 2 or 1 mg 17 beta-oestradiol in cyclical combination with 1 mg norethisterone acetate (a progestational agent). Oestradiol was given, in the above-mentioned doses, from days 1 to 22, and 1, 1 or 0 mg oestradiol was given from days 23 to 28, in combination with norethisterone acetate from days 13 to 22 and oestriol 2, 1 or 0.5 mg from days 1 to 23 and 0.5, 0.5 or 0 mg from days 23 to 28. The women in group II were allocated to receive either placebo, 2 mg oestradiol valerate in cyclical combination with 1 mg cyproterone acetate (oestradiol valerate from days 1 to 21 and cyproterone acetate from days 12 to 21) with 1,000 mg of calcium per day or oestradiol valerate + cyproterone acetate without calcium. Oestrogen and progesterone therapy decreased the urinary magnesium excretion significantly when compared to the placebo group. The effect was related to the dose of oestrogen. Furthermore, our results indicate that calcium supplementation influences the urinary excretion of magnesium in a two-phase paradoxical manner.

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