HRT Does Not Protect against or Improve Survival in Postmenopausal Women Who Develop HF

Abstract

1. Maria Vinall 1. Liviu Klein, MD, MS 1. Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA This article discusses the results of a study that compared the effect of hormone therapy on the incidence of heart failure (HF), and HF survival in postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 years (∼81% white) who were participants in the Women's Health Initiative Hormone Therapy Trials.