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Testosterone Replacement For Men With Low Testosterone Improves Liver Function, Metabolic Syndrome

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  June 13, 2009

EXCERPT: "In middle-aged and older men with low testosterone levels, long-term testosterone replacement therapy greatly improves their fatty liver disease and their risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, a new study found. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C."   more

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Presented at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting, 10-13 June 2009, Washington, D.C.

Bisphenol A Exposure Increases Risk Of Abnormal Heart Rhythms In Female Rodents

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  June 11, 2009

EXCERPT:  "The chemical bisphenol A, commonly found in many plastic household items, has been linked to yet another health problem in animals - an increased frequency of arrhythmias, or heartbeat irregularities, a new study found. The results, seen only in females, ....  Because BPA has properties similar to the main female hormone estrogen, it is considered an "environmental estrogen." "   more

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Presented by Hong-Sheng Wang, PhD Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting, 10-13 June 2009, Washington, D.C.

June 12 Research Shows BPA May Cause Heart Disease In Women 

Scott Belcher, PhD, Hong Sheng Wang, PhD, and Jo El Schultz, PhD, in the department of pharmacology and cell biophysics, found that exposure to BPA and/or estrogen causes abnormal activity in hearts of female rats and mice

Mixed Results with Stress Echo in Menopausal Women

SOURCE:  MedPage Today

DATE:  June 8, 2009

EXCERPT: "Contrast stress echocardiography demonstrated sensitivity for coronary atherosclerosis in women in early menopause but poor specificity and no correlation with lab parameters, preliminary data from an ongoing study showed."    more

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Abdelmoneim S, et al. Initial results from the 'Stress echo in Menopausal women at risk for coronary ARTery
Disease (SMART) Trial:' An outcomes study evaluating the diagnostic and prognostic value of noninvasive testing for cardiovascular disease. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009; 22(5): Abstract P1-57.

Mixed Results with Stress Echo in Menopausal Women

SOURCE:  MedPage Today

DATE:  June 8, 2009

EXCERPT:  "Contrast stress echocardiography demonstrated sensitivity for coronary atherosclerosis in women in early menopause but poor specificity and no correlation with lab parameters, preliminary data from an ongoing study showed."   more

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Reported at the American Society of Echocardiography meeting

Abdelmoneim S, et al "Initial results from the 'Stress echo in Menopausal women at risk for coronary ARTery Disease (SMART) Trial:' An outcomes study evaluating the diagnostic and prognostic value of noninvasive testing for cardiovascular disease" J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009; 22(5): Abstract P1-57.

American Society of Echocardiography

Women With Chest Pain Less Likely Then Men To Get Proper Treatment From Paramedics

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE: May 16, 2009

EXCERPT: "Women with chest pain are less likely than male patients to receive recommended, proven therapies while en route to the hospital, ..." more

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Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, 14-17 May 2009, New Orleans. [Results presented by Zachary Mesiel, May 15.]

Low And High Levels Of Hormone In Men With Heart Failure Associated With Increased Risk Of Death

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  May 15, 2009

EXCERPT:  "Men with systolic chronic heart failure who have low or high levels of estradiol, a form of the hormone estrogen, have an increased risk of death compared with men with moderate levels of this hormone, .... Estrogens have numerous biological effects in men and have a complex effect on the normal cardiovascular system, including cardioprotective effects, which may explain the link between low estradiol concentrations and an increased risk of cardiovascular events in men, according to background information in the article." 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.

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.

Women Who Follow Blood Pressure-Lowering Diet Have Reduced Risk For Heart Failure

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE: May 12, 2009

EXCERPT: "A diet designed to prevent and treat high blood pressure also may be associated with a lower risk of heart failure among women,... " more

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Levitan EB, Wolk A, Mittleman MA. Consistency with the DASH diet and incidence of heart failure. Arch Intern Med. 2009 May 11;169(9):851-7.

Women With Hard To Diagnose Chest Pain Symptoms At Higher Risk For Cardiovascular Events

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE: May 12, 2009

EXCERPT:  "Many physicians are presented with the following scenario: a woman comes into the office complaining of chest pain, undergoes a stress test to evaluate the chest pain, and the stress test results suggest coronary artery disease, a condition in which plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries. She is then referred for an angiogram to look at the coronary arteries and despite her symptoms and the abnormal stress test, she is told that the tests didn't find anything of clinical significance and is sent home without treatment. However, a new study may change this by offering greater insight into the causes behind chest pain in women and how it manifests differently in women than it does in men. The study ... shows that women with chest pain but without coronary artery disease are at an elevated risk for cardiovascular events such as heart attack or stroke."  more

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Gulati M, Cooper-DeHoff RM, McClure C, Johnson BD, Shaw LJ, Handberg EM, Zineh I, Kelsey SF, Arnsdorf MF, Black HR, Pepine CJ, Merz CN. Adverse cardiovascular outcomes in women with nonobstructive coronary artery disease: a report from the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation Study and the St James Women Take Heart Project. Arch Intern 2009 May 11;169(9):843-50.

Why Females Do Not Fare As Well As Men In Undergoing Angioplasty For Heart Attacks

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  May 7, 2009

EXCERPT: "Age, condition and treatment delay are among the reasons women who undergo angioplasty for heart attack often do not fare as well as do men, according to two studies  ...  which are among the first to document outcomes in female patients treated with angioplasty and stenting for a heart attack, may help close the outcome gap between women and men.

The studies found, when compared with their male counterparts, women undergoing angioplasty for heart attack are often older (by an average of nine years), in poorer condition (such as suffering from diabetes) and have a longer onset due to delayed recognition of symptoms by both patients and their caregivers. In addition, women are less likely to develop brisk blood flow through the treated artery after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). As a result, women face twice the likelihood of procedural failure and an increased risk of death, according to the studies.

The studies show many people do not understand that female heart attack patients often present differently than men. Although women, like men, can experience chest pain or discomfort during a heart attack, women are somewhat more likely to have other symptoms instead, such as shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting and back or jaw pain."  more

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Studies presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 32nd Annual Scientific Sessions.

Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions