Ischemic heart disease in women and the role of hormone therapy

International Journal of Cardiology
Jaffar Ali RazaAssad Movahed

Abstract

The prevalence of ischemic heart disease (IHD) has been increasing among the women in developed countries. The well recognized IHD excess in men has often obscured the fact that IHD is the leading cause of death in women. Women have atypical symptoms of IHD that lead to a delay in the diagnosis and an overall poor prognosis. Women have a delay in the onset of IHD due to the beneficial effects of their sex hormones. Postmenopausal women lose this beneficial effect of estrogen and undergo significant changes in their lipid profile, arterial pressure, glucose tolerance, and vascular reactivity that increase their risk for development of IHD. Recently there has been considerable interest in the sex hormones and their role in IHD in women. The general belief that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has an overall beneficial effect on cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women and hence decreases CVD mortality and morbidity has not been shown in the recent multicenter prospective studies. With the availability of various types of estrogen and progestins, physicians prescribing these agents should take into consideration their varying effects on the cardiovascular system. Risk factor modifications should include diet, weight loss, regular ex...Continue Reading

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