American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 99, Issue 3 , Pages 374-378 , 1 February 2007

Comparison of Progression of Coronary Calcium in Postmenopausal Women on Versus Not on Estrogen/Progestin Therapy

  • Alexander Becker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 49-89-7095-2229; fax: 49-89-7095-2224.
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  • Alexander Leber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Franz von Ziegler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Christoph Becker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
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  • Andreas Knez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Received 6 February 2006 ,Revised 22 August 2006 ,Accepted 22 August 2006.

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    Mean volume score of women with HRT (group I, n = 277) (black bars) and without HRT (group II, n = 277) (gray bars) according to initial scan and final scan after an observation period of 33.4 ± 5.1 m

    Mean volume score of women with HRT (group I, n = 277) (black bars) and without HRT (group II, n = 277) (gray bars) according to initial scan and final scan after an observation period of 33.4 ± 5.1 months. *p <0.05.

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    Difference between initial and final volume score in dependence of initial score for women with HRT (group I, n = 277, correlation coefficient r = 0.84) (black circles) and women without HRT (group II

    Difference between initial and final volume score in dependence of initial score for women with HRT (group I, n = 277, correlation coefficient r = 0.84) (black circles) and women without HRT (group II, n = 277, correlation coefficient r = 0.83) (white squares).

PII: S0002-9149(06)02065-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.08.040

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 99, Issue 3 , Pages 374-378 , 1 February 2007

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