Estrogen Acutely Abolishes Abnormal Cold-Induced Coronary Constriction in Men

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Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1556-1561

  Reis, Steven E ^a,d   Holubkov, Richard ^b   Zell, Kathleen A ^a   Smith, A J Conrad ^a   Cohen, Howard A ^a   Feldman, Marc D ^a   Blumenthal, Roger S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Endothelium; Estrogen; Hormones

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AGED; COLD; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0032240024     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.6.1556     Document Type: Article

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