Hormonal therapy with estradiol and drospirenone improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the coronary bed of ovariectomized spontaneously hypertensive rats
Drospirenone (DRSP) is a progestin with anti-aldosterone properties and it reduces blood pressure in hypertensive women. However, the effects of DRSP on endothelium-dependent coronary vasodilation have not been evaluated. This study investigated the effects of combined therapy with estrogen (E2) and...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4678653/ |