Steroids and Heart Function

Anabolic steroid use may be linked to poorer heart function.
The Los Angeles Times (8/17, Healy) "Booster Shots" blog reported that a study published in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure suggests that anabolic steroid use may be linked to poorer heart function. For the "study, 12 long-term users and seven non-users of anabolic steroids -- all seemingly healthy -- underwent a battery of tests of their hearts' structure and function." Researchers found that, "compared with non-users, those who had illicitly used anabolic steroids over several years had far poorer heart function than those who did not -- particularly in the left ventricle, the heart's main pumping chamber."