Cycle 2 – Module 7 – Lecture 6 – Heart failure: The efficacy of Hormone therapies (2h50)

This session is rich in pictures and scientific data.

Content

• Hormone causes of heart failure and what to do with them
• The 8 major hormone therapiesthat may prevent or reduce heart failure, often at high doses in acute heart failure
  • Testosterone
  • Melatonin
  • Methylprednisolone and other glucocorticoids (in the acute phase)
  • GH (growth hormone)
  • IGF-1
  • Transdermal estradiol
  • Oxytocin in animal studies
  • Thyroid at low physiological doses
• Other hormone therapies that may prevent or reduce heart failure: DHEA, and at physiological doses: transdermal estradiol
• A hormone excess that may facilitate or cause heart failure: hyperthyroidism
• Abundant scientific studies
• Many pictures
• Practical tips, doses

Content is one video of 2h50, a PDF presentation file, a PDF references