Disappearance of the Brugada-type electrocardiogram after surgical castration: A role for testosterone and an explanation for the male preponderance?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7 I, 2003, Pages 1551-1553

  Matsuo, Kiyotaka ^a,b   Akahoshi, Masazumi ^a   Seto, Shinji ^a   Yano, Katsusuke ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrocardiogram; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CASTRATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0037594759     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00227.x     Document Type: Article

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