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Testosterone Replacement and Cardiovascular Safety: No Straight and Narrow!

Author(s) -

Sartaj S. Hans,

Sandeep Dhindsa,

Rama Chemitiganti

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

clinical medicine insights cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634

H-Index - 21

ISSN - 1179-5468

DOI - 10.4137/cmc.s23395

Subject(s) - testosterone replacement , testosterone (patch) , medicine , hormone replacement , intensive care medicine , androgen , hormone

The past decade has seen a tremendous increase in the number of men treated for hypogonadism with the expectation of symptomatic benefit. However, the long-term cardiovascular safety of testosterone replacement remains unknown because retrospective studies of testosterone replacement have been inconsistent, and definitive, prospective, randomized studies are lacking. The purpose of this review is to critically appraise the studies on testosterone replacement and cardiovascular outcomes.

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