Estradiol Extremes Increase Mortality in Men with CHF

SOURCE:  MedPage Today

DATE:  May 12, 2009

EXCERPT:  "Men with chronic heart failure have a significantly increased mortality risk if their estradiol levels are at the extreme ends of the concentration range, ....  Men with low estradiol levels had as much as a 50% lower survival compared with men who had mid-range levels of the female hormone, ..."  more

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Jankowska EA, Rozentryt P, Ponikowska B, Hartmann O, Kustrzycka-Kratochwil D, Reczuch K, Nowak J, Borodulin-Nadzieja L, Polonski L, Banasiak W, Poole-Wilson PA, Anker SD, Ponikowski P. Circulating estradiol and mortality in men with systolic chronic heart failure. JAMA. 2009 May 13;301(18):1892-901.