Acute vascular effects of estrogen in postmenopausal women. | Zendy

D. Gilligan | Zendy; D M Badar | Zendy; Julio A. Panza | Zendy; Arshed A. Quyyumi | Zendy; R O Can | Zendy

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Acute vascular effects of estrogen in postmenopausal women.

Author(s) -

D. Gilligan,

D M Badar,

Julio A. Panza,

Arshed A. Quyyumi,

R O Can

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.90.2.786

Subject(s) - medicine , sodium nitroprusside , vasodilation , brachial artery , endocrinology , estrogen , forearm , endothelial dysfunction , vasomotor , endothelium , cardiology , nitric oxide , blood pressure , surgery

Although hormone replacement therapy has been associated with reduction of cardiovascular events in postmenopausal women, the mechanisms that mediate this apparent benefit are unclear. Because improvement in vasomotor function may represent one of the beneficial effects of estrogen administration, we investigated the acute effects of physiological levels of estrogen on the vascular responses of estrogen-deficient postmenopausal women.

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