Hysterectomy is associated with large artery stiffening in estrogen-deficient postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1000-1007

  Gavin, Kathleen M ^a,b   Jankowski, Catherine ^a   Kohrt, Wendy M ^a   Stauffer, Brian L ^c,d   Seals, Douglas R ^a,d   Moreau, Kerrie L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Menopause; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BILATERAL OOPHORECTOMY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; OVARIAN PRESERVATION; OVARIECTOMY; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84865729636     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31825040f9     Document Type: Article

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