Effects of 15 months of 17β-estradiol and dydrogesterone on systolic cardiac function according to quantitative and Doppler echocardiography in healthy postmenopausal women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 910-916

  Kessel, Hilda ^a,b   Kamp, Otto ^a,b   Kenemans, Peter ^a,b   Mijatovic, Velja ^a,b   Van Baal, W Marchien ^a,b   Visser, Cees A ^a,b   Van Der Mooren, Marius J ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hormone replacement therapy; Svstolic cardiac function

Indexed keywords

DYDROGESTERONE PLUS ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLE; TABLET; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035059373     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.111245     Document Type: Article

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