The effect of hormone replacement therapy on diastolic left ventricular function in hypertensive and normotensive postmenopausal women

Maturitas

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-238

  Beljic, Teodora ^a   Babic, Dragan ^b   Marinkovic, Jelena ^b   Prelevic, Gordana M ^c  

^a ZVEZDARA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Hormone replacement therapy; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; ESTRADIOL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032540747     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(98)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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