Testosterone and atrial fibrillation: does the dose make the poison?

Fleur E Mason^{1

2}, Aiste Liutkute^{1

2

3}, Niels Voigt^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
² DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Lower Saxony, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
³ Cluster of Excellence 'Multiscale Bioimaging: From Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells' (MBExC), University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.

Editorial

Fleur E Mason et al. Cardiovasc Res. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 31;121(8):1144-1145.

doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaf113.

Fleur E Mason^{1

2}, Aiste Liutkute^{1

2

3}, Niels Voigt^{1

2

3}

¹ Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
² DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Lower Saxony, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
³ Cluster of Excellence 'Multiscale Bioimaging: From Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells' (MBExC), University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: none declared.

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