Estradiol-17β reduces blood pressure and restores the normal amplitude of the circadian blood pressure rhythm in postmenopausal hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 8 I, 1998, Pages 909-913

  Mercuro, Giuseppe ^a   Zoncu, Sandra ^a   Piano, Davide ^a   Pilia, Isa ^a   Lao, Adriana ^a   Melis, Gian Benedetto ^a   Cherchi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Diurnal ABP profile; Essential hypertension; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTRADERM TTS 100; ESTRADIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0032132472     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00096-X     Document Type: Article

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