Preface ; 1. Estrogen and the Pathophysiology of Atherosclerosis: Potential Effects of Estrogen on the Cell Biology of the Artery Wall; 2. Estrogen and Heart Disease: Lessons to Be Learned from Nonhuman Primates; 3. Effects of Estrogens and Progestins on the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis in Nonhuman Primates; 4. Mechanisms of Regulation of Gene Expression by Estrogen Receptors; 5. Cardiovascular Estrogen Receptors Regulate Vacular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation; 6. Effects of Sex Hormones on Responses to Endothelium-Derived Factors in Coronary Arteries; 7. Effect of Estrogen in Vascular Smooth Muscle Injury and Restenosis; 8. The Role of Estrogen on Nitric Oxide Mediated Monocyte Adherence to the Aortic Endothelium; 9. Enigma of Vascular Calcification in Osteoporotic Women; 10. Effect of Estrogens on Arterial LDL Metabolism; 11. Effects of Estrogen on the Anatomic and Functional Sequelae of Coronary Atherosclerosis; 12. Antioxidant Properties of Estrogen: Selective Protection of High-Density Lipoprotein; 13. Antioxidant Effects of Estrogen Administered to Postmenopausal Women; 14. Estrogen Treatment and Human Lipoprotein Metabolism; 15. Triglyceride as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Men; 16. Women, Diabetes, Lipoproteins, and the Risk for Coronary Heart Disease: Studies in Four Ethnic Groups; 17. Cardiovascular Risk Factors During First Five Years of Postmenopause in Nonhormone Replacement Therapy Users; 18. Effect of Oral Contraceptive Hormones on Lipoprotein(a) and Other Lipoproteins in Premenopausal Women; 19. Do Progestins Attenuate Estrogen's Beneficial Effects on the Cardiovascular System? 20. Clinical Findings Related to Arterial Effects of Ovarian Steroids; 21. Hormone Replacement Therapy: Outlook for the Future; Index
