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Trial reportAnatolian journal of cardiology2015

The effect of raloxifene on left ventricular hypertrophy in postmenopausal women: A prospective, randomized, and controlled study.

Uğur Abbas Bal, İlyas Atar, Mesut Öktem, Hulusi B Zeyneloğlu, Aylin Yıldırır, Esra Kuşcu, Haldun Müderrisoğlu

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Trial report in Anatolian journal of cardiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Uğur Abbas BalDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Başkent University; Ankara-Turkey. ugurabbasbal@yahoo.com.
İlyas Atar
Mesut Öktem
Hulusi B Zeyneloğlu
Aylin Yıldırır
Esra Kuşcu
Haldun Müderrisoğlu
Başkent University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveIn healthy women, there is a progressive age-related increase in myocardial mass that is not seen in their male counterparts and occurs primarily in postmenopausal women. Raloxifene is a selective estrogen receptor modulator that has estrogenic actions on bone and the cardiovascular system. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of raloxifene on myocardial hypertrophy in postmenopausal patients.

methodsA total of 22 postmenopausal osteoporotic women were included in this open-label, randomized, prospective, controlled study. Patients were randomized into two groups: 11 of the patients (group 1) were treated with raloxifene 60 mg/day, and the other 11 patients
(group 2) were defined as the control group. Quantitative 2-dimensional and M-mode echocardiographic examination was performed in all patients at the beginning and repeated at the end of the 6-month follow-up period. Left ventricle mass (LVM) and left ventricle mass index (LVMI) were calculated for all patients.

resultsThe mean age of the patients was 57.2±3.9 years, and baseline clinical characteristics and echocardiographic parameters were similar between the two groups. After 6 months of raloxifene treatment, there was no difference in echocardiographic parameters of LVM and LVMI compared with the control group (201.2±25.9 gr vs. 169.7±46.2 gr, p=0.14 and 120.4±25.9 gr/m2 vs. 105.5±26.3 gr/m2, p=0.195, respectively). There was also no significant difference in LVM and LVMI in the within-group analysis of both groups.

conclusionRaloxifene therapy does not affect myocardial hypertrophy in postmenopausal women after 6 months of treatment.

Indexed as

Administration, OralEchocardiographyFemaleHumansHypertrophy, Left VentricularMiddle AgedPostmenopauseProspective StudiesRaloxifene HydrochlorideSelective Estrogen Receptor ModulatorsTreatment OutcomeRaloxifene HydrochlorideSelective Estrogen Receptor Modulators

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PMID25430415
PMCPMC5779141
OpenAlexW2151292909

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