Prevention of cardiovascular diseases in perimenopausal women and the influence of hormone replacement therapy: an evidence-based guideline.
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Cardiovascular disease/prevention e control; climateric; hormone replacement therapy; guideline; evidence-based medicine. In the position of coordinators/participants of the I Brazilian Guideline for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in Perimenopausal Women of the journal Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia1 published in the last edition2, we read, somewhat perplexed, the point of view exposed in the article “Hormone Replacement and Cardiovascular Disease: a Guideline Against the Evidence”, and we were rather confused about the considerations made by the author to contradict the study conducted by the multidisciplinary group that developed that guideline.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
دوره 93 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009