Menopause-Related Changes in Left Ventricular Function in Healthy Women

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Using technetium scans, this study was aimed at examining possible changes in left ventricular function related to the natural process of cessation of ovarian estrogen production. Fourteen healthy postmenopausal women, divided into two groups according to the time-lapse from menopause (A > 3 years; B < 5 years), underwent a technetium heart scan. The two groups did not differ in heart rate, blood pressure, double product, systemic vascular resistance and cardiac index. The mean endsystolic volume in group A was 14.9 and 25.7 ml/m<sup>2</sup> in group B (p = 0.003). The mean pressure/volume ratio was significantly higher in group A than in group B (8.6 vs. 4.7 mm Hg/ml/m<sup>2</sup>, p = 0.02). Peak ejection rate and peak filling rate were also significantly greater in group A compared to group B (3.3 vs. 2.8 enddiastolic volumes/s, p = 0.02; 2.8 vs. 2.1 end-diastolic volumes/s, p = 0.001, respectively). Our findings suggest that women at an early phase of menopause have a higher degree of myocardial contractility than women of a similar age whose menopause is of longer duration.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): CRD

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Cardiology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0008-6312

Title: Cardiology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0008-6312

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9751

Publication date Subscription-year: 1992

Publication date (Print): 1992

Publication date (Electronic): 12 November 2008

Volume: 80

Issue: 5-6

Pages: 413-416

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Department of Medicine ‘T’ and Timsit Institute for Reproductive Endocrinology, Tel-Aviv Medical Center-Ichilov Hospital, and Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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Publisher ID: 175033 Other ID: Cardiology 1992;80:413–416

DOI: 10.1159/000175033

PubMed ID: 1451129

SO-VID: 9b5e1819-975b-4c91-b6ad-3a15436943ad

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Date received : 05 March 1992

Date accepted : 10 March 1992

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