It has been indicated that the anti-estrogen agent, tamoxifen, developed for the treatment of breast cancer, may act on the vascular system as an estrogen agonist. However, to our knowledge few reports suggest that tamoxifen exerts anti-atherogenic actions. In the present study, we evaluated the anti-atherosclerotic effects of tamoxifen in ovariectomized cholesterol-fed rabbits.
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