Oophorectomy and CV Mortality

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1. Oophorectomy and CV Mortality

A new study has found that women who underwent preventive bilateral oophorectomy--removal of both ovaries--before the age of 45 were at increased risk of cardiovascular death some 20 to 30 years later [1]. But the results also show that this increased mortality can be attenuated by estrogen treatment (free signup required to read)

by surmeno on 2009-01-13 14:41 tags: risks · hormones · cardiovascular disease · oophorectomy

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