Effect of hormone replacement therapy on left ventricular hypertrophy.
The mechanisms behind the reduction in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in postmenopausal women receiving hormone replacement therapy are not fully understood. In this case-control study, we report a statistically significant lower left ventricular mass in a group of elderly women who were receiving hormone replacement therapy for >10 years than in age-matched controls.
Lim
W K
WK
Department of Geriatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, and the Menopause Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Wren
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B
Jepson
N
N
Roy
S
S
Caplan
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G
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004452:Echocardiography; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged