Susceptibility to cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury is modulated by chronic estrogen status.

The purpose of this study was to test whether the susceptibility of the heart to ischemia/reperfusion injury is modulated by the chronic estrogen status, i.e., increased with estrogen deficiency and attenuated by pharmacologic estrogen supplementation. In addition, the study tested whether estrogen-...

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Main Authors: Beer, S, Reincke, M, Kral, M, Lie, S, Steinhauer, S, Schmidt, H, Allolio, B, Neubauer, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002