Modification of blood pressure in postmenopausal women: Role of hormone replacement therapy

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 745-757

  Cannoletta, Marianna ^a   Cagnacci, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Estrogen; Hormone replacement therapy; Hypertension; Menopause; Progestin

Indexed keywords

CHLORMADINONE ACETATE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CYTOKINE; DESOGESTREL; DIENOGEST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DROSPIRENONE; DYDROGESTERONE; ENALAPRIL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; NORGESTREL; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE ENANTHATE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY MASS; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG BINDING; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 84921292824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S61685     Document Type: Article

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