Sex Steroids and the Cardiovascular System: The Proceedings of the 1st Interdisciplinary Workshop, Tuebingen, Germany

Ovarian hormones and vascular function. Cardiovascular disease and HRT - epidemiological data. Oral contraceptives and coronary heart disease. Testosterone and the cardiovascular system in males. Effect of mammalian estrogens and phytoestrogens on the vascular system. Evidence for cardiovascular effects of sexual steroids in rabbits - a sex hormone receptor mediated mechanism? Effects of estrogens alone or combined with progestrogens on lipid and lipoprotein metabolism. Effects of oral estradiol alone or combined with progestogen on carbohydrate metabolism in postmenopausal women. Adverse effects of estrogen treatment: natural vs. synthetic estrogens. Hemodynamic changes in the menstrual cycle. Critical analysis of different methods of measuring blood flow. Peripheral arterial blood flow and estrogen replacement. Effects of HRT on Duplexsonographic quantification of carotid atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women. Non-lipid mechanisms of estrogen effects on the coronary vasculat ure. Effects of estradiol and its metabolites on the contractility of human arteries. In vitro and in vivo investigations of possible effects of sexual steroids on the vasculatures. Role of estradiol level in coronary heart disease in premenopausal women. Risk of breast cancer developed during estrogen therapy. Index.