title: Effect of hormone replacement therapy on left ventricular hypertrophy.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Geriatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, and the Menopause Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
authors: W K
authors: WK
authors: Lim
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Wren
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Jepson
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Roy
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Caplan
mesh_terms: 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