Conjugated estrogens acutely abolish abnormal cold-induced coronary vasoconstriction in male cardiac allografts

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-25

  Reis, Steven E ^a   Bhoopalam, Vishwajeth ^b   Zell, Kathleen A ^b   Counihan, Peter J ^b   Conrad Smith, A J ^b   Pham, Si ^b   Murali, Srinivas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary disease; Endothelium; Hormones; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0031964137     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.1.23     Document Type: Article

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