Effect of estrogen on aortic function in postmenopausal women

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a   Tsiamis, Eleftherios ^a   Dernellis, John ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Aortic pressure diameter relation; Distensibility; Wave reflections

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032986590     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.2.h658     Document Type: Article

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