Left ventricular function in male patients with secondary hypogonadism

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 222-227

  Baysan, Oben ^a,d   Bolu, Erol ^a   Uzun, Mehmet ^a   Kilicaslan, Fethi ^b   Erinc, Kursad ^a   Pinar, Murat ^a   Hasimi, Adnan ^a   Yokusoglu, Mehmet ^a   Genc, Celal ^a   Yelamanchili, Pridhvi ^c   Karaeren, Hayrettin ^a   Isik, Ersoy ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Left ventricular function; Tissue Doppler echocardiogaphy

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33847165766     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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