Sex Steroids and the Cardiovascular System

Presents the results of a workshop convened to discuss the current knowledge and future directions of research related to the effects of sex steroids on the cardiovascular system.

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The Schering Foundation Workshop on Sex Steroids and the Cardiovascular System, which took place in Berlin in February 1992, was organized to discuss the present knowledge and future directions in this important but still poorly understood field. Leading basic scientists, epidemiologists and clinicians reviewed and discussed three main themes: sexual dimorphism and the role of sex steroids (estrogen, progesterone and testosterone) in the control of the cardiovascular system under physiological and pathological conditions; sex steroids and vascular wall biology and pathology; and oral contraceptive steroids and haemostasis.