Article
[Cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in women].
Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie - 1 Jun 2004
Rogge C, Geibel A, Bode C, Zehender M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gender specific cardiac arrhythmias have been recognized for more than 80 years. The impact of gonadal steroids on the autonomic system and on the cellular electrophysiology of the cardiac autonomic system are discussed as is a direct genetic disposition on a cellular, functional or metabolic level. We nevertheless have to be aware of age- and gender-specific differences of heart diseases, which have...
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