Previous Use of Unopposed Estrogen Hormone Replacement Therapy Continues to Cause Increased Risk for Future Ischemic Strokes (S4.008)

Conclusions:Previous use of unopposed estrogen HRT continues to increase risk for ischemic stroke after they are discontinued, although combination of estrogen and progesterone HRT do no continue to have a significantly increased risk. Future prospective studies are required to further investigate these correlations.Disclosure: Dr. Rahman has nothing to disclose. Dr. Thomas has nothing to disclose. Dr. Malik has nothing to disclose. Dr. Saeed has nothing to disclose. Dr. Qureshi has nothing to disclose.

Source: Neurology - April 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Rahman, H., Thomas, A., Malik, A., Saeed, O., Qureshi, A. Tags: Health Disparities and Sex Differences in Stroke Source Type: research