Testosterone therapy in women with chronic heart failure: A pilot double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1310-1316

  Iellamo, Ferdinando ^a,b   Volterrani, Maurizio ^a   Caminiti, Giuseppe ^a   Karam, Roger ^c   Massaro, Rosalba ^a   Fini, Massimo ^a   Collins, Peter ^a,d   Rosano, Giuseppe M C ^a  

^a IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Exercise capacity; Female; Glucose metabolism; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ALDOSTERONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; PLACEBO; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANDROGEN THERAPY; APPLICATION SITE IRRITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DYNAMIC QUADRICEPS ISOKINETIC STRENGTH; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAXIMAL ISOMETRIC VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN IRRITATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TORQUE; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; ANDROGENS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957334994     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.090     Document Type: Article

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