The Role of Nitric Oxide in Coronary Vascular Effects of Estrogen in Postmenopausal Women
- 4 November 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 96 (9) , 2795-2801
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.96.9.2795
Abstract
Background At physiological concentrations, 17β-estradiol selectively enhances endothelium-dependent coronary vasodilation by an unknown mechanism in postmenopausal women. Methods and Results To as...Keywords
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