Hemodynamic effects of oral contraceptives during exercise

The effects of a combined oral contraceptive pill on female hemodynamics during exercise were studied in 14 young, healthy women. The increase in blood volume, stroke volume, and cardiac output during exercise was significantly greater during combined oral contraceptive therapy than when the patient...

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Published inInternational journal of gynecology and obstetrics Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 35
Main Authors Lehtovirta, P, Kuikka, J, Pyörälä, T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1977
Subjects
Adult
Blood Volume
Cardiac Output
Contraceptives, Oral - pharmacology
Contraceptives, Oral, Combined - administration & dosage
Contraceptives, Oral, Combined - pharmacology
Female
Hemodynamics - drug effects
Humans
Lynestrenol - administration & dosage
Lynestrenol - pharmacology
Menstruation
Mestranol - administration & dosage
Mestranol - pharmacology
Physical Exertion - drug effects
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Summary:The effects of a combined oral contraceptive pill on female hemodynamics during exercise were studied in 14 young, healthy women. The increase in blood volume, stroke volume, and cardiac output during exercise was significantly greater during combined oral contraceptive therapy than when the patients were not taking the pill. The use of combined oral contraceptive pills may be advantageous to the physical fitness of female athletes.
ISSN:0020-7292
DOI:10.1002/j.1879-3479.1977.tb00639.x