Coronary Artery Disease

Estrogen Improves Blood Flow In Men; Men Reap Same Benefits as Women

Published in Blood Weekly, October 27th, 1997

Estrogen therapy, which has halved coronary artery disease symptoms in post-menopausal women, may hold similar health benefits for men in the same age group, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) researchers have discovered.

In a study published in the October 15, 1997 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology, the researchers showed that conjugated estrogens, which contain a variety of estrogen compounds, increased blood flow to the heart by nearly a third in men with coronary artery disease. The finding contradicts prior studies showing that 17(beta)-estradiol, another form of estrogen, improved coronary blood flow in women only.

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