Coronary Artery Calcification (CAC) and Post-Trial Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Within the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Estrogen-Alone Trial.
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| Abstract | :  Among women aged 50 to 59 years at baseline in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Estrogen-Alone (E-Alone) trial, randomization to conjugated equine estrogen-alone versus placebo was associated with lower risk of myocardial infarction and mortality, and, in an ancillary study, the WHI-CACS (WHI Coronary Artery Calcification Study) with lower CAC, measured by cardiac computed tomography ≈8.7 years after baseline randomization. We hypothesized that higher CAC would be related to post-trial coronary heart disease (CHD), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and total mortality, independent of baseline randomization or risk factors. | 
| Year of Publication | :  2017 | 
| Journal | :  Journal of the American Heart Association | 
| Volume | :  6 | 
| Issue | :  11 | 
| Date Published | :  2017 | 
| URL | :  http://jaha.ahajournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=29079563 | 
| DOI | :  10.1161/JAHA.117.006887 | 
| Short Title | :  J Am Heart Assoc | 
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