Left ventricular early myocardial dysfunction after chronic misuse of anabolic androgenic steroids: a Doppler myocardial and strain imaging analysis
Left ventricular early myocardial dysfunction after chronic misuse of anabolic androgenic steroids: a Doppler myocardial and strain imaging analysis
A. D’Andrea,P. Caso,9 Authors,R. Calabrò
2006 · DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.030171
British Journal of Sports Medicine · 177 Citations
TLDR
Several years after chronic misuse of Anabolic androgenic steroids, power athletes show a subclinical impairment of both systolic and diastolic myocardial function, strongly associated with mean dosage and duration of AAS use.