Risk of cardiovascular disease after preventive salpingo-oophorectomy.

2020 
INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer susceptibility gene (BRCA) mutation carriers are recommended to undergo early oophorectomy to prevent ovarian cancer. Premature loss of ovarian hormones may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Because women with preventive oophorectomy are mainly young and healthy, they rarely undergo specialized cardiological surveillance. We compared the risk of cardiovascular disease in women after preventive oophorectomy with reference women. METHODS: In an historical cohort study, we included 134 women aged
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