Low testosterone level in middle-aged male patients with coronary artery disease

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hu, Xiaorong ^a   Rui, Li ^a,b   Zhu, Tongjian ^a   Xia, Hao ^a   Yang, Xinhong ^a   Wang, Xiaohong ^a   Liu, Huafen ^a   Lu, Zhibing ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Central Hospital of Xiaogan   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Male; Middle aged; Sex hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NITRATE; STATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DRINKING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RISK; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; ANGINA, STABLE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80855130717     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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