Hormone replacement therapy and distensibility of carotid arteries in postmenopausal women: A randomized, controlled trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1789-1796

  Angerer, Peter ^a   Kothny, Wolfgang ^a   Störk, Stefan ^a   Von Schacky, Clemens ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; GESTODENE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM CARE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORPREGNENES; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; SMOKING; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0034669649     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00969-4     Document Type: Article

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