Comparison of Progression of Coronary Calcium in Postmenopausal Women on Versus Not on Estrogen/Progestin Therapy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 374-378

  Becker, Alexander ^a   Leber, Alexander ^a   von Ziegler, Franz ^a   Becker, Christoph ^a   Knez, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846413222     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.08.040     Document Type: Article

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