Testosterone Supplementation in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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6. Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin and Cardiac Function in Men with Heart Failure: Possible Role of Diabetes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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8. Cardiovascular mechanisms of thyroid hormones and heart failure: Current knowledge and perspectives.World journal of cardiology · 2024
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9. Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Health: Hormonal Effects on Cardiovascular Risk and Management.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2023
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10. Relationships between endogenous and exogenous testosterone and cardiovascular disease in men.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2022
    Review
11. Sex differences in heart mitochondria regulate diastolic dysfunction.Nature communications · 2022
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12. Sexual dimorphism in cardiac remodeling: the molecular mechanisms ruled by sex hormones in the heart.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2022
    Review
13. Serum testosterone level correlates with left ventricular hypertrophy in older women.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022
    Article
14. Cardiovascular risk and testosterone - from subclinical atherosclerosis to lipoprotein function to heart failure.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2021
    Review
15. The Illusory Case for Treatment of an Invented Disease.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021
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16. Systemic effects of the hormonal treatment of male hypogonadism with preliminary indications for the management of COVID-19 patients.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2020
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17. Testosterone, cardiomyopathies, and heart failure: a narrative review.Asian journal of andrology
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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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