Testosterone deficiency in men with heart failure: pathophysiology and its clinical, prognostic and therapeutic implications

Kardiol Pol. 2014;72(5):403-9. doi: 10.5603/KP.a2014.0025. Epub 2014 Feb 14.

Authors

Ewa A Jankowska¹, Michał Tkaczyszyn, Elżbieta Kalicińska, Waldemar Banasiak, Piotr Ponikowski

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory for Applied Research on Cardiovascular System, Department of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland; Cardiology Department, Centre for Heart Diseases, Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland; Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland. ewa.jankowska@umed.wroc.pl.

PMID: 24526551
DOI: 10.5603/KP.a2014.0025

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Androgens / therapeutic use
Disease Progression
Heart / physiopathology*
Heart Failure / drug therapy
Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Humans
Male
Prognosis
Testosterone / blood
Testosterone / deficiency*
Testosterone / therapeutic use*

Substances

Androgens
Testosterone