ArticleScientific reports2024
Impaired vascular function among young users of anabolic-androgenic steroids.
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- Enhanced games and performance-optimized athletes: anticipating the orthopedic challenges, a narrative review.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2026Review
- Microscopic cardiac pathology in forensic autopsies: a comparative study of anabolic androgenic steroid users and non-users.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Preventing Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Young Male Androgen Abusers.Clinical cardiology · 2026Review
- Impact of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Abuse on the Cardiovascular System: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Cardiac structure and function in anabolic-androgenic steroid users: a 16-year follow-up study.Open heart · 2025Article
- The effect of transient sex hormone fluctuations on vascular endothelial function.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025Review
- Sex-Specific Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Protective Effects of AMPK in Cardiovascular Diseases.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Supraphysiological doses of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) is popular among recreational weightlifters and bodybuilders due to the performance-enhancing properties but is also associated with adverse cardiovascular effects. The knowledge about how AAS affect the vasculature is limited, although results from previous studies suggest alterations in vasoreactivity and morphology. In the present study we investigate the association between long-term use of AAS and vascular function. Hundred and twenty-three males were included in the study, 56 of them current AAS users and 67 weightlifting controls. Vascular function was evaluated by carotid artery reactivity and flow-mediated dilation. AAS users had significantly reduced carotid artery reactivity (p < 0.001) and flow-mediated dilation (p < 0.001) compared to weightlifting controls. Results from the present study indicate that long-term use of AAS affect the cardiovascular system negatively, measured as reduced carotid artery reactivity and flow-mediated dilation. These findings could partly explain sudden cardiovascular events among young long-term users of AAS.
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