[Hypertension in women after menopause].
Menopause coincides with an increase in the incidence of hypertension in women. A direct role of estrogen deprivation in this increased blood pressure remains a topic of debate. Menopause probably accelerates the arterial changes related to aging. Hormone replacement therapy does not influence blood pressure significantly and is not contraindicated in hypertensive women. The effect of hormone replacement treatment on cardiovascular risk was recently the object of controversy. It does not increase risk except in cases of late treatment in older women who already have atherosclerosis. Hypertension management in women is otherwise similar to management in men.
Beaufils
Michel
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Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Tenon, Paris. michel.beaufils@tnn.aphp.fr
D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D004967:Estrogens / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged
D004967:Estrogens