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Who Should Receive Hormone Replacement Therapy? by Francine K. Welty is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States and increases dramatically in postmenopausal women. The following review summarizes the known benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy and gives recommendations for use of hormone replacement in women. Estrogen may play a role in preventing the development of atherosclerosis in women by raising levels of HDL cholesterol, lowering levels of LDL cholesterol and lipoprotein (a), lowering levels of fibrinogen and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, dilating coronary arteries, preventing the oxidation of LDL cholesterol, decreasing the proliferation and migration of smooth muscle cells, and decreasing the production of inflammatory cell activators. These antiatherogenic effects of estrogen may translate into clinical benefits. A meta-analysis of 31 studies yielded a 44% reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease in women taking estrogen alone. Unopposed estrogen is associated with an increased risk of endometrial cancer; therefore, progestin is added to estrogen in women with an intact uterus. Less is known about the effect of the combination of estrogen and a progestin on the risk of coronar
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- Author
- Francine K. Welty
- Publisher
- Springer US; Springer-Verlag; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 0929-5305)
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)