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Does sex influence the incidence or severity of reperfusion-induced cardiac arrhythmias?

Joan S Dow, Anil Bhandari, Sharon L Hale, Robert A Kloner

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Article in SpringerPlus, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Assessment of Myocardial Injury Size Metrics Using Carotid Pressure Waveform: Proof-of-Concept in Coronary Occlusion/Reperfusion Rat Model.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  3. Ageing, sex, and cardioprotection.British journal of pharmacology · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joan S DowThe Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA USA.
Anil BhandariThe Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA USA.
Sharon L HaleThe Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA USA ; Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA USA.
Robert A KlonerThe Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA USA ; Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA USA ; Keck School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA.
Good Samaritan Hospital · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledWhether sex affects the acute phase of myocardial ischemia in experimental animal models is currently being debated. Our purpose was to determine if sex influences either the incidence or severity of reperfusion-induced arrhythmias resulting from a brief coronary occlusion. Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to the study. Anesthetized animals were subjected to a 5-minute coronary artery occlusion followed by 5 minutes of reperfusion. Mortality differed by sex: 10/27 (37%) of males died due to VT/VF while only 1/16 females (6%) died due to VT/VF (p = 0.033). Quantitative analysis of the electrocardiogram was performed on data acquired from 17 male and 15 female survivors. Analysis showed no other significant differences in ventricular arrhythmias between the two groups.

conclusionLethal reperfusion-induced arrhythmias led to a higher mortality in male rats versus female rats. Among survivors there was no difference in any other arrhythmic parameters measured.

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ArrhythmiasMortalityMyocardial ischemia and reperfusionSex

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PMID25763306
PMCPMC4352162
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