Effects of postmenopausal hormone therapy on incident atrial fibrillation: The Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trials

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1108-1116

  Perez, Marco V ^a   Wang, Paul J ^a   Larson, Joseph C ^b   Virnig, Beth A ^c   Cochrane, Barbara ^b,d   Curb, J David ^e   Klein, Liviu ^f   Manson, Joann E ^g,h   Martin, Lisa W ⁱ   Robinson, Jennifer ^j   Wassertheil Smoller, Sylvia ^k   Stefanick, Marcia L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^k ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Hormones; Incidence; Randomized controlled trial; Women

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISPANIC; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGESTINS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873866530     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.972224     Document Type: Article

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