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European Heart Journal 2006 27(1):10-12; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi653
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Heart failure therapy: testosterone replacement and its implications

Mathias Rauchhaus1,*, Wolfram Doehner1 and Stefan D. Anker1,2

1Abteilung für Angewandte Kachexieforschung, Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt für Kardiologie, Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CVK), Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany
2Clinical Cardiology, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK

* Corresponding author. Tel: +49 30 450 676 815; fax: +49 30 450 553 949. E-mail address: mathias.rauchhaus@charite.de

This editorial refers to ‘Testosterone therapy in men with moderate severity heart failure: a double-blind randomized placebo controlled trial’{dagger} by C.J. Malkin et al., on page 57

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Heart failure: therapeutic targets

Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a serious health care problem, associated with a high hospitalization rate and poor prognosis. CHF treatment means modern combination therapy, nevertheless, its associated mortality is higher than that of most cancers. Patients with CHF also have a poor quality-of-life.

The majority of today's therapeutic knowledge is based on evidence from large-scale multi-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled intervention trials. During the last 20 years, a remarkable evolution of therapeutic concepts has taken place with ACE-inhibitors, beta-blockers, and aldosterone receptor antagonists marking milestones of CHF therapy.1 The therapeutic targets in patients with CHF are two-fold: first, an increase of life expectancy, and, secondly, improvements in quality-of-life.

First, prolongation of lifespan can be reached if the progression of the disease can be stopped, delayed, reversed, or if the risk for sudden cardiac death . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Testosterone replacement therapy and its implications

Heart failure and cancer: two completely different entities?


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