Hormone Therapy and Delivery Strategies against Cardiovascular Diseases

This review article is aimed to delineate the potential role of hormones in the treatment and diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases with special emphasis on the nitric oxide (NO) involved mechanisms. This review will also offer an overview on current and future hormone usages, pathophysiology, clinical features, absorption mechanisms and adverse effects. The hormone therapies against cardiovascular diseases as well as their treatment strategies, delivery routes and carriers were thoroughly discussed. Keywords: Hormone, delivery, cardiovascular, regulation, preconditioning, stem cell transplantation.