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Ischemia and reperfusion injury following cardioplegic arrest is attenuated by age and testosterone deficiency in male but not female mice

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease increases with age in both sexes. Treatment can require cardiac surgery, where the hearts are pre-treated with protective cardioplegic solution before ischemia and reperfusion (I/R). While endogenous estrogen is beneficial in I/R, whether testosterone is involved i...

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Autores principales: Ghimire, Anjali, Bisset, Elise S., Howlett, Susan E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6708213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31443710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13293-019-0256-4