Is ivabradine suitable to control undesirable tachycardia induced by dobutamine in cardiogenic shock treatment?

abstract：:For many years there was a general belief that the enzyme renin, having been secreted into the circulation by the kidney in response to appropriate stimuli, initially generates the inactive decapeptide angiotensin I in the bloodstream. This is then converted to the biologically active octapeptide angiotensin II by ang...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Duckworth AJ,Goodship AE,Kendall HJ,Osborn EC

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host cholesterol is widely getting recognized as an important factor in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis in multiple ways. Therefore it is logically expected that cholesterol reduction by statins is going to have a positive outcome in the context of tuberculosis management. But at the present moment statin therapy in ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Banerjee D,Bhattacharyya R

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that the regular practice of mindfulness meditation is associated with increased physiological levels of melatonin. Melatonin may be related to a variety of biologic functions important in maintaining health and preventing disease, including breast and prostate ca...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Massion AO,Teas J,Hebert JR,Wertheimer MD,Kabat-Zinn J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors sought to establish whether maternal dietary methanol during pregnancy was a factor in the etiology of autism spectrum disorders. A seven item questionnaire was given to women who had given birth to at least one child after 1984. The subjects were solicited from a large primary care practice and several in...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Walton RG,Monte WC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion of Follicle Stimulating Hormone by the pituitary gland is not regulated entirely by the negative feedback from gonadal steroids. There is ample evidence that the secretion of FSH is regulated by a non-steroidal hormone of gonadal origin termed "inhibin". Using a radioimmunoassay procedure, immunoreactive...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sheth AR,Vanage GR,Hurkadli KS,Sheth NA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thickness of the choroid is measured on the optical coherence tomography (OCT) as the distance between the hyperreflective retinal pigment epithelium and the hyperreflective chorio-scleral junction, contributed by the choroidal vessels and choroidal melanocytes. Our hypothesis is that the amount of absorption and ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Venkatesh R,Reddy NG,Chhablani J

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential hypertension is a heterogeneous multifactorial syndrome associated with a high cardiovascular risk. A multiple choice of antihypertensive drugs is available; however, a high individual variability to the antihypertensive therapy is still responsible for a modest reduction of the CV risk and not satisfactory ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ferrari P,Ferrandi M,Valentini G,Manunta P,Bianchi G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the headline "drug addiction" the medical world has exclusively been interested in psychoactive drugs. For diagnosis of substance dependence (addiction), DSM-IV-TR has determined seven criteria, and fulfilling at least tree of them signifies addiction. When studied salt intake according to these criteria it is s...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Tekol Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is estimated that about 1 million patients are hospitalized for acute coronary events each years in the United States. An acceptable theory is that the acute coronary syndrome is caused by rupture of the atherosclerotic plaque with superimposed thrombus, which is a complex process and involving a number of differen...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Fang CH,Li JJ,Hui RT

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), has been increasingly used for the treatment of premature ejaculation over the past 5 years. It was reported that folic acid plays important roles in synthesis of 5-HT. Therefore, we hypothesize that folic acid supplementation may cures premature ejaculation by the sam...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Yin TL,Yang J,Zhang B,Yan WJ,Xu WM,Li W,Yu L,Li SJ,Wu GX

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Learning disability, attentional disorder and childhood major depression are frequent diagnoses in children with behavioral disturbances and impaired school performance. All three disorders are associated with right cerebral hemisphere dysfunction. Anatomical disturbance of right hemisphere function results in learnin...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Brumback RA,Staton RD

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign intracranial hypertension and communicating hydrocephalus are uncommon but important disorders that affect cerebrospinal fluid dynamics. They have clinical similarities but their management is usually different. The factors determining which of the two disorders will develop include brain compliance, the state ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Salman MS

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In light of the progressive, pubertal increases in serum gonadotropin (FSH, LH) levels coinciding with the peak incidence of simple goiters; the common alpha subunits associated with the gonadotropins, TSH and hCG; the ability of LH and hCG to bind to thyroid TSH receptors and affect thyroid function; and, the probabl...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： DiNicola AF

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some drugs blocking glutamate release produce reduced brain injury in some animal models of cerebral ischemia whereas others lack a clear effect. Meta-analysis is a widely used technique in clinical and epidemiological studies. However, it has never been used in the analysis of preclinical studies. In order to estimat...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Nava-Ocampo AA,Reyes-Pérez H,Bello-Ramírez AM,Mansilla-Olivares A,Ponce-Monter H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In orthognathic surgery, many serious medical disputes and postsurgical dissatisfactions are not caused by the doctors' reasons, but due to the patients' psychological problems. These adverse events obsess not only surgeons, but also patients to a great extent. An effective method is expected to screen patients for or...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Yu D,Fang B,Wang F,Wang X,Zhang W,Dai J,Shen SG

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We suggest that polymyalgia rheumatica with giant cell arteritis (PR-GCA) is an arachidonic acid metabolites mediated disease which can be diagnosed more accurately and monitored more precisely for therapeutic benefits by the serial determinations of the major urinary prostaglandin F, serum urinary lysozymes, serum ac...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Nalbandian RM,Henry RL,Williams GA,Fleischman JA,O'Donnell FE Jr,Reeser FH

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia, if not the most difficult, is one of the most difficult mysterious puzzles for psychiatrists, psychologists, and neuroscientists to solve. In this paper, based on the previously known pathologies of schizophrenia, a new model is proposed for explanation of the formation of positive psychotic symptoms of...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Javanbakht A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is suggested that the Persian Gulf Syndrome (PGS) is caused by beef allergy. In the first symptomless phase, as a result of an energetic US Army immunizing program, using sera with adjuvants to produce detectable antibody levels, the subjects not only developed immunity to the targeted substances, but also became s...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hollander DH

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemolysis-associated pulmonary hypertension (HA-PH) is a serious clinical complication of various hemolytic disorders, and pulmonary hypertension (PH) is considered the greatest risk factor for death in patients with a hemolytic disorder. It is now well established that hemolysis causes the release of soluble hemoglob...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Tofovic SP,Jackson EK,Rafikova O

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (sALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with no known cause. There are many clues to suggest an environmental trigger for the disease, including reports of conjugal couples and co-localized employees that developed sALS. On the island of Guam,a very high incidence of sALS occ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Stommel EW,Field NC,Caller TA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary reports have demonstrated that anterior nucleus thalamus high-frequency electrical stimulation (ANT-HFS) is an effective treatment for patients who suffer from medically refractory epilepsy. However, its extensive application has been hampered by the high cost and the unpredictable outcome before the opera...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Yan N,Chen N,Lu J,Wang Y,Wang W

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), a chronic disease with a well-known genetic basis, is highest in Scandinavian and Sardinian populations. The high incidence of IDDM in Scandinavia and Sardinia, which were genetically isolated from the spread of agriculturists in Europe about 8000 years ago,...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Wendorf MA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to classical metastatic pathways, recently gastric cancer was described having an alternative route called "endoluminal exfoliation". Provisional analyses demonstrated, in fact, this kind of shedding is associated with several clinico-pathological features indicative of aggressive behavior and resulted to ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Virgilio E,Balducci G,Mercantini P,Giarnieri E,Giovagnoli MR,Montagnini M,Proietti A,D'Urso R,Cavallini M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a major risk-factor for the development of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Circulating molecules associated with obesity, such as saturated fatty acids and cholesterol crystals, stimulate the innate immune system to incite a chronic inflammatory state. Studies in mouse model...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Demidowich AP,Davis AI,Dedhia N,Yanovski JA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus may regulate its replication by stimulating the synthesis of interleukin-1. Interleukin-1, in turn, has the ability to stimulate the human immunodeficiency virus enhancer region. The human genes responsible for interleukin-1 and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist synthesis are located on th...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Corley PA

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbs and minerals are the integral parts of traditional systems of medicine in many countries. Kushta is a form of herbo-mineral preparations used in traditional systems of medicine (Unani and Ayurvedic) of Indo-Pak subcontinent. These preparations have long been used and claimed to be the most effective and potent d...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Aziz N,Gilani AH,Rindh MA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new three barrier, four compartment model for sodium transport in high resistance urinary epithelia is presented. This model provides a unified and simplified mechanistic explanation for sodium transport and its quantitative regulation. Sodium enters the epithelial cell by passive diffusion. Active extrusion occurs ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ziegler TW

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short-term acute care public county hospitals in the US were a mainstay of much "safety net" medical care in the early twentieth century. The private sector currently provides much of what was in the past public medical care. Does this transition affect health care indices? METHODS:The presence of public ho...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Shandera WX

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Still's disease has been first described more than one century ago, it still appears as an orphan entity, which should be separated from the other auto-inflammatory diseases (AID). The main reason to individualize Still's disease among the AID is the absence of any genetic predisposition. Recently, the human ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hayem F,Hayem G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-1, an established mediator of inflammation, is also a mediator of ovulation (a cyclic inflammatory-like process). We have shown that IL-1 beta induces the in vitro expression of genes believed to play important role in ovulation (IL-1 beta itself, its receptors, IL-1 beta receptor antagonist, glucose ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kol S,Kehat I,Adashi EY

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00