Is early menopause a risk factor for heart failure?

Menopause

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 558-560

  Gorodeski, Eiran Z ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY MENOPAUSE; EDITORIAL; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MENOPAUSE;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84901588575     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000251     Document Type: Editorial

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