SOURCE-LINKED STUDY SUMMARY
Cardiac systolic dysfunction in past illicit users of anabolic androgenic steroids.
Abstract summarizedQuality not appraised
- What was studied
- This cross-sectional study assessed left-ventricular function, mass and myocardial fibrosis in current and former illicit AAS users versus non-users.
- Who / model studied
- The resistance-trained men included 37 current users, 33 former users and 30 non-user controls.
- Studied dose & schedule
- No intervention was assigned. Former users had stopped AAS a geometric mean of 30 months earlier; exposure doses were not reported in the abstract.
- What the study found
- Former users had worse global longitudinal strain than non-users: −16.7 versus −18.2. Current users had lower ejection fraction, 51 versus 58, and greater left-ventricular mass.
- Limitations & context
- Abstract assessment: the cross-sectional design cannot establish causation or individual recovery. No focal fibrosis was detected, and diffuse fibrosis did not differ among groups.
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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.06.010