American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 6 , Pages 887-890 , 15 March 2009

Effects of Testosterone on Ventricular Repolarization in Hypogonadic Men

  • Beny Charbit, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CIC-9304, Paris, France
    • Department of Pharmacology, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
    • Department of Endocrinology, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 33-1-49-28-24-04; fax: 33-1-49-28-21-08
    • ,
  • Sophie Christin-Maître, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Paris, France
    • Department of Endocrinology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Louis Démolis, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CIC-9304, Paris, France
    • Department of Pharmacology, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Elsa Soustre, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CIC-9304, Paris, France
    • Department of Pharmacology, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Jacques Young, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
    • ,
  • Christian Funck-Brentano, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CIC-9304, Paris, France
    • Department of Pharmacology, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
    • Department of Endocrinology, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France

Received 18 August 2008 ,Revised 20 November 2008 ,Accepted 20 November 2008.

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 This study was supported by a grant-in-aid from INSERM and Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris at the Clinical Investigation Center of Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France. The legal sponsor was INSERM (RBM 04-06).

PII: S0002-9149(08)02114-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.11.041

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 6 , Pages 887-890 , 15 March 2009

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