Effect of hormone replacement therapy on vasomotor function of the coronary microcirculation in post-menopausal women with medically treated cardiovascular risk factors.
Effect of hormone replacement therapy on vasomotor function of the coronary microcirculation in post-menopausal women with medically treated cardiovascular risk factors.
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激素替代疗法对患有心血管危险因素的绝经后妇女冠状动脉微循环血管舒缩功能的影响。
DOI:
10.1093/eurheartj/ehp013
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发表时间:
2009
影响因子:
39.3
通讯作者:
Schelbert,HeinrichR
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作者:
Schindler,ThomasH;Campisi,Roxana;Dorsey,Deborah;Prior,JohnO;Olschewski,Manfred;Sayre,James;Schelbert,HeinrichR
AimsThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on coronary vasomotor function in post-menopausal women (PM) with medically treated cardiovascular risk factors (RFs) in a cross-sectional and a longitudinal follow-up (FU) study.Methods and resultsMyocardial blood flow (MBF) response to cold pressor testing (CPT) and during pharmacologically induced hyperaemia was measured with positron emission tomography in pre-menopausal women (CON), in PM with HRT and without HRT, and repeated in PM after a mean FU of 24 ± 14 months. When compared with CON at baseline, the endothelium-related change in MBF (ΔMBF) to CPT progressively declined in PM with HRT and without HRT (0.35 ± 0.23 vs. 0.24 ± 0.20 and 0.16 ± 0.12 mL/g/min;P= 0.171 andP= 0.021). In PM without HRT and in those with HRT at baseline but with discontinuation of HRT during FU, the endothelium-related ΔMBF to CPT was significantly less at FU than at baseline (0.05 ± 0.19 vs. 0.16 ± 0.12 and −0.03 ± 0.14 vs. 0.25 ± 0.18 mL/g/min;P= 0.023 andP= 0.001), whereas no significant change was observed in PM with HRT (0.19 ± 0.22 vs. 0.23 ± 0.22 mL/g/min;P= 0.453). Impaired hyperaemic MBFs when compared with CON were not significantly altered from those at baseline exam.ConclusionLong-term administration of oestrogen may contribute to maintain endothelium-dependent coronary function in PM with medically treated cardiovascular RFs.