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Article: Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Coronary Heart Disease.
- Article from:
- OB/GYN Clinical Alert
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Coronary Heart Disease
abstract & commentary
A secondary prevention trial did not detect any adverse or beneficial cardiovascular effects of postmenopausal hormone therapy in older women with existing heart disease. The Womens Health Initiative is revealing an increase in heart attacks in the first two years of hormone treatment, followed by a reduction.
Herrington and colleagues have reported the results of a multicenter trial examining the effect of postmenopausal hormone therapy on the progression of coronary atherosclerosis as assessed by angiography. The results of this study, entitled Estrogen Replacement ...