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A New Explanation Strengthen an Old Remedy and Shed Light to the Coronary Heart Disease Enigma
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Added: 04/07/2006
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A New Explanation Strengthen an Old Remedy and Shed Light to the Coronary Heart Disease Enigma
Considered fascinating by many physicians and scientists, the myogenic theory of myocardial infarction, developed in 1972, still hidden from the general public. The reason why this is happening may be the challenge it represents to the strong interests of the medical establishment that have invested many years in the coronary thrombosis idea. In fact this new theory and its compatible and simple therapeutic alternative poses a threat to the “status quo” with the risk of turn the things upside down in science and treatment of coronary heart disease.
The myogenic theory was developed by Quintiliano H. de Mesquita, a cardiologist and scientist from Brazil, deceased in October 2000. Dr. Mesquita has made around 30 pioneer contributions to medical science. For instance, he participated in 1954 of the idea leading to the first aneurysmectomy – ventricular aneurysm surgery after myocardial infarction – performed by Charles Bailey, in his patient, at the Hannemann Hospital in Philadelphia. Some years later (1958) he did the first diagnosis in vivo, by the electrocardiogram, of the infarction of right ventricle.
The new theory is based in a complex biological mechanism where physical and psycho-emotional stresses are important players in triggering the acute myocardial infarction, through the weakening of an area of the heart muscle. The therapeutics under the myogenic theory etiology are secular drugs know as cardiac glycosides (digitalis, strophanthin, etc), that should be in use for prevention or in treatment of acute coronary syndromes.
Supported by Infarct Combat Project the myogenic theory opposes the classic postulation of the thrombogenic theory developed in the beginning of the last century by James Bryan Herrick. In thrombogenic theory the myocardial infarction is due to the occurrence of thrombosis in the coronary artery. Most therapeutics in use are based in the thrombogenic etiology, like anticoagulants, antiplatelets, thrombolytics, cholesterol lowering drugs, etc, and invasive procedures like coronary bypass surgery, angioplasty and stents.
Carlos Monteiro, an independent researcher and president of Infarct Combat Project, says the many flaws existing in the original thrombogenic theory etiology led to amendments on it. He also states that almost all medical solutions offered today through drugs or surgeries, in this sense, are palliative measures, i. e., without curing or reducing significantly, in absolute terms, the mortality from coronary heart disease. This is confirmed by many studies.
According Monteiro’s view there are other heart disease theories loosing energy, as demonstrated very recently with the failure of antibiotics in secondary prevention of coronary events and that supplements combining folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12 for homocysteine lowering did not reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with vascular disease.
Dr. Thomas Cowan, a well-know physician, writer and lecturer, from San Francisco, CA, knowing about the myogenic theory, invited Carlos Monteiro to write a report on Dr. Mesquita’s decades-long studies. The article was published in Fourfold Healing Newsletter of November/December 2005, with an introduction by Dr. Cowan discussing this new explanation for heart disease.
In his report Carlos Monteiro showed the large success and efficacy with low mortality and morbidity got by Dr. Mesquita and his team using digitalis and other cardiac glycosides in prevention or in treatment of acute coronary syndromes, in many cardiac patients, during almost 30 years.
Last month, in a conference happened in Vancouver, CA, Dr. Cowan talked about the myths and mysteries of the heart. To know his agenda with next workshops and lectures see at http://www.fourfoldhealing.com/
The Infarct Combat Project is an international non-profit organization that provides information, research and education to fight heart disease.
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