The effects of hormone replacement therapy on echocardiographic basic cardiac functions in postmenopausal women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2399-2401

  Taskin, Omur ^a   Gökdeniz, Remzi ^a,c   Muderrisoglu, Haldun ^b   Korkmaz, Mehmet E ^a   Uryan, Ismail ^a   Atmaca, Rusen ^a   Kafkasli, Ayse ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Zafer Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Oestrogen

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; LIPOPROTEIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031659862     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.9.2399     Document Type: Article

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