Abstract
Up to a quarter of women suffer a poorer quality of life because of hot flushes and night sweats associated with the menopause, but the exact numbers vary by culture, ethnic group, and individual health background. Although the etiology of those symptoms has not been fully clarified, it is now known that they may be associated with alterations in several organs and tissues. One of the intriguing questions is whether vasomotor symptoms are markers of coronary artery disease risk. This review examines the relevant data. It may be concluded that although surrogate metabolic and hemodynamic parameters point at adverse alterations in flushers, the results related to clinical end points are not unidirectional.
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