Effect of transdermal hormone therapy on platelet haemostasis in menopausal women

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine : AAEM
Grzegorz StachowiakMagdalena Pertyńska-Marczewska

Abstract

Despite the undeniably positive effect on the quality of life of menopausal women, menopausal hormone therapy (HT) also has negative side-effects, which include, among others, thromboembolic complications. To assess the effect of a popular type of this therapy - transdermal HT on platelet hemostasis, which plays a significant role in intravascular coagulation. The study group consisted of 92 postmenopausal women: 1) group G1 (n=30), treated with transdermal HT (17β-estradiol 50 μg/day plus NETA 170 μg/day); 2) group G2 (n=31), treated with the above transdermal HT and low dosage of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA); 3) control group P (n=31). All the women qualified for the study had two or more risk factors for arterial thrombosis, such as: smoking, hypertension, visceral obesity, hypercholesterolaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia, elevated levels of PAI-1, and increased fibrinogen, increased activity of coagulation factor VII. After three months of therapy, in the G1 group there was a decrease in platelet count (p = 0.004) and a decrease in GP IIb/IIIa - a platelet receptor for fibrinogen (p = 0.022). In the G2 group, no changes in the tested parameters were observed. 1) Transdermal HT in the form of combined, estrogen-progestogen patches...Continue Reading

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Jun 28, 2019·International Journal of Molecular Sciences·Marion DupuisMarie-Cécile Valéra

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