Postmenopausal Estrogen Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease

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Authors

Meir J. Stampfer · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Graham A. Colditz · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Walter C. Willett · Brigham and Women's Hospital

JoAnn E. Manson · Harvard University

Bernard Rosner · Harvard University

Frank E. Speizer · Harvard University

Charles H. Hennekens

Abstract

Current estrogen use is associated with a reduction in the incidence of coronary heart disease as well as in mortality from cardiovascular disease, but it is not associated with any change in the risk of stroke.

Topics & Keywords

Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments Estrogen and related hormone effects Cancer Risks and Factors

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 325, Issue 11, pp. 756-762

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199109123251102

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