Study finds testosterone supplementation reduces heart attack risk in men with heart disease

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/imc-sft040116.php

Public Release: 3-Apr-2016
Study finds testosterone supplementation reduces heart attack risk in men with heart disease
Intermountain Medical Center

A new multi-year study from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City shows that testosterone therapy helped elderly men with low testosterone levels and pre-existing coronary artery disease reduce their risks of major adverse cardiovascular events -- including strokes, heart attacks, and death.

The study showed that patients who received testosterone as part of their follow-up treatment fared much better than patients who didn't. Non-testosterone-therapy patients were 80 percent more likely to suffer an adverse event.

"The study shows that using testosterone replacement therapy to increase testosterone to normal levels in androgen-deficient men doesn't increase their risk of a serious heart attack or stroke," said cardiologist Brent Muhlestein, MD, co-director of cardiovascular research at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute. "That was the case even in the highest-risk men -- those with known pre-existing heart disease."

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