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Vascular consequences of menopause and hormone therapy: importance of timing of treatment and type of estrogen.
Cardiovascular research - 1 May 2005
Dubey Raghvendra K, Imthurn Bruno, Barton Matthias, Jackson Edwin K
Abstract excerpt
Premenopausal women have a lower risk for cardiovascular events, and mortality due to coronary vascular disease (CVD) in premenopausal women is rare. These facts suggest that endogenous estrogens, such as estradiol, protect the cardiovascular system, and several observational studies and a few sm...
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