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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-16
pubmed:abstractText
Left ventricular heart function and its response to long-term estrogen replacement therapy was assessed in 30 postmenopausal women, 20 of whom had modest to severe hot flushes and 10 of whom had never had them. Continuous transdermal estradiol was given to women who had surgically induced menopause, and a combination of transdermal estradiol and sequential medroxyprogesterone acetate was given to those who had spontaneous menopause. Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function was evaluated by complete two-dimensional M-mode and pulsed Doppler echocardiography before and after 6 and 12 months of therapy. The parameters assessed were: systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, cardiac septal and posterior wall dimensions, left ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic dimensions and volumes, ejection fraction (EF), ejection time, peak left ventricular outflow velocity (PFV), flow velocity integral (FVI), acceleration time (AT), mean acceleration of systolic flow (MA), duration of early and late filling phase, peak velocity of the early (E) and late (A) mitral flow, and A/E velocity ratio. Although no difference in chamber and wall dimensions between flushers and non-flushers was found, women with hot flushes had lower (not significantly) EF, PFV, FVI, MA, blood pressure and heart rate before therapy. Twelve-month estrogen replacement therapy significantly reduced cardiac wall dimensions and improved systolic function in both flushers and non-flushers. However, stroke volume, EF and MA were increased whereas systolic blood pressure and heart rate were decreased more in flushers. Also, the increase in E mitral flow and decrease in A/E were more pronounced in flushers. Thus, although estrogen replacement therapy significantly improves heart function in healthy postmenopausal women, there appears to be some minor differences in response between flushers and non-flushers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0951-3590
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
104-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Administration, Cutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Echocardiography, Doppler, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Estradiol, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Estrogen Replacement Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Heart Function Tests, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Hot Flashes, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Medroxyprogesterone, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Postmenopause, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Ventricular Function, Left, pubmed-meshheading:10399055-Videotape Recording
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of estrogen replacement therapy on cardiac function in postmenopausal women with and without flushes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Zvezdara University Hospital, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article