Neither long-term treatment with raloxifene nor hormone replacement therapy modulate cardiac function in healthy postmenopausal women: Two randomized, placebo-controlled, 2-year studies

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 729-736

  Vogelvang, Tatjana E ^a   Mijatovic, Velja ^a   Kamp, Otto ^b   Netelenbos, J Coen ^b   Neele, Simone J M ^b   Pines, Amos ^c   Kenemans, Peter ^a   Van Der Mooren, Marius J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Ichilov Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Echocardiography; Hormone replacement therapy; Postmenopausal; Raloxifene

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PLACEBO; RALOXIFENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036264696     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.122092     Document Type: Article

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