Pulse pressure and coronary atherosclerosis progression in postmenopausal women

Hypertension

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-57

  Nair, Girish V ^a   Waters, David ^b   Rogers, William ^e   Kowalchuk, Glen J ^c   Stuckey, Thomas D ^d   Herrington, David M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LeBauer Cardiovascular Associates   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Pulse; Women

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COVARIANCE; DISEASE COURSE; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 11244262421     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000149599.99266.44     Document Type: Article

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