Open AccessMenopausal hormone therapy, blood thrombogenicity, and development of white matter hyperintensities in women of the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study
Author(s) -
Muthuvel Jayachandran,
Brian D. Lahr,
Kent R. Bailey,
Virginia M. Miller,
Kejal Kantarci
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
menopause
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.086
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1530-0374
pISSN - 1072-3714
DOI - 10.1097/gme.0000000000001465
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombogenicity , estrogen , hormone replacement therapy (female to male) , hyperintensity , hormone therapy , menopause , testosterone (patch) , thrombosis , breast cancer , cancer , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology
Development of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) in the brain is associated with blood thrombogenicity in recently menopausal women. This study examined the influence of menopausal hormone treatments (MHTs) on this association.