Gender differences in the ST segment: Effect of androgen-deprivation therapy and possible role of testosterone

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2448-2454

  Ezaki, Kaori ^a   Nakagawa, Mikiko ^a   Taniguchi, Yayoi ^a   Nagano, Yasuko ^a   Teshima, Yasushi ^a   Yufu, Kunio ^a   Takahashi, Naohiko ^a   Nomura, Takeo ^a   Satoh, Fuminori ^a   Mimata, Hiromitsu ^a   Saikawa, Tetsunori ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender difference; ST level; ST segment; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BICALUTAMIDE; GOSERELIN; LEUPRORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PUBERTY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349274398     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-0221     Document Type: Article

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