Open AccessTestosterone-propionate impairs the response of the cardiac capillary bed to exercise
Author(s) -
Christos V. M. Tagarakis,
Wilhelm Bloch,
Georg Hartmann,
W Hollmann,
Klaus Addicks
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1097/00005768-200005000-00011
Subject(s) - testosterone propionate , endocrinology , medicine , testosterone (patch) , muscle hypertrophy , propionate , myocyte , chemistry , androgen , hormone , biochemistry
Experimental application of anabolic-androgenic steroids and exercise training induce cardiac hypertrophy. This study quantifies for the first time, on microscopical level, the adaptation of the cardiac capillaries and myocytes to the concomitant application of testosterone-propionate and exercise training.