More on heart health...and ovarian failure post-hysterectomy...

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Ovary retention with hysterectomy...and premature menopause...the

other half of the heart disease equation...even when ovaries are

retained, they often fail prematurely and/or cease to function

completely. Hence, surgical menopause resulting in increased

cardiovascular risk....

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Inhibin B and ovarian function after total abdominal hysterectomy in

women of reproductive age.

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Gynecol Endocrinol. 2003

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The fate of the retained ovaries following radical hysterectomy.

Pete I, Bosze P.

Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 1998;19(1):22-4.

Symptoms of ovarian failure after hysterectomy in premenopausal women.

A retrospective study based on postoperative perception of 245 women.

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Zentralbl Gynakol. 1996;118(4):206-12.

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Cardiovascular morbidity in relation to ovarian function after

hysterectomy.

Luoto R, Kaprio J, Reunanen A, Rutanen EM.

Obstet Gynecol. 1995 Apr;85(4):515-22.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra\

ct&list_uids=7898826

The effect of hysterectomy on the age at ovarian failure:

identification of a subgroup of women with premature loss of ovarian

function and literature review.

Siddle N, Sarrel P, Whitehead M.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra\

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Ovarian failure phenomena after hysterectomy.

Riedel HH, Lehmann-Willenbrock E, Semm K.

J Reprod Med. 1986 Jul;31(7):597-600.

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