Research progress on the relationship between testosterone and cardiovascular disease

Long Xie, Jiandi Liu, Dongming Xie

Article ID: 1887
Vol 1, Issue 1, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/ccr.v1i1.1887
Received: 9 April 2020; Accepted: 21 May 2020; Available online: 7 June 2020; Issue release: 31 December 2020

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Abstract

Testosterone is the main androgen in human body and has many important effects on cardiovascular system Testosterone deficiency is common in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Many data suggest that low serum testosterone level is related to cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease, heart failure and arrhythmiahowever, the mechanism involved is not completely clearin recent years, the research on testosterone and cardiovascular diseases has attracted much attention. This paper summarizes the pathogenesis and influence of testosterone related cardiovascular diseases.


Keywords

testosterone; heart failure; coronary atherosclerotic heart disease; cardiac electrophysiology; myocardial ischemia/reperfusion


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