Female gender is an independent risk factor for some types of arrhythmias. We sought to determine whether the menstrual cycle affects P wave dispersion, which is a predictor of atrial fibrillation. The study population consisted of 59 women in follicular phase (mean age, 29.3 ± 7.7 years) (group F) and 53 women in luteal phase (mean age, 28.1 ± 6.8 years) (group L). The ECGs of 35 patients (mea...

Sexual arousability of women has not been consistently found to vary significantly over phases of the menstrual cycle. We studied changes in the temperature of a labium minus and subjective sexual and genital arousal recorded on semantic scales while watching erotic video in 12 women with natural menstrual cycles and 12 women using low-dose estrogen oral contraceptive pills. Natural cycle phase...

The objective of this work was the analysis of the relationships between the genotypes of the AMH and AMH receptor type 2 genes, hormone levels and the menstrual cycle in a group of Polish women in the late reproductive stage. The study was conducted using a measurement-based method (body weight and height), laboratory method (serum hormone levels AMH, FSH and E2), and genetic analysis (DNA iso...

OBJECTIVES A marked increased in food intake in the late-luteal phase is a characteristic symptom of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). The aim of the study was to evaluate the leptin level, caloric intake, and eating behaviors of women with PMDD across the menstrual cycle among normal-weight and overweight subjects, respectively. METHODS A total of 62 women with PMDD and 69 controls wer...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Fluctuations of female sex hormones during menstrual cycle influence pain perception. Endogenous pain inhibition is impaired in follicular phase of menstrual cycle. We tested the primary hypothesis that the women having surgery during their follicular phase have more acute pain and require higher opioids than those in the luteal phase, and secondarily we tested that wo...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between serum P levels on the day of hCG administration and ongoing pregnancy rates. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING University-affiliated private IVF. PATIENT(S) A total of 2,458 couples undergoing IUI. INTERVENTION(S) Ovarian stimulation with human recombinant FSH. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Ongoing pregnancy and miscarriage rates. RESULT(S...

no published information are available on the reproductive indices of local abadeh does reared innorthern fars province, southern iran. this study was conducted to determine the duration of the breedingseason, and the length and duration of the oestrous cycle. twenty single parity 2-year-old does from abadeh(weighing 19–26 kg) were purchased and transferred to the school of veterinary medicine ...

s Background:Sexual dimorphism in coronary artery disease (CAD) mortality is attributed to the cardioprotective effects of estrogen.This is reinforced by the observation that incidence of myocardial infarction is higher in menstrual phase, corresponding with low estrogen levels, in people who are predisposed to CAD due to the presence of modifiable risk factors. Cyclical variability of estrogen...

In response to previously published evidence from monkeys, this study examined the influence of the degree of luteinizing hormone (LH) suppression during the follicular phase of the stimulation cycle, upon cryopreserved embryo survival and development. The LH concentration of the mid-follicular phase was assessed in 250 in-vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles treated with gonadotrophin-releasing ho...

Aim of the study The authors present a novel and specific controlled ovarian stimulation protocol for fertility preservation in women with estrogen-positive receptor breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The protocol foresees random start ovarian stimulation and the use of letrozole associated to tamoxifen. Material and methods Forty breast cancer patients were included in the st...