Acromegaly with Normal Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Levels and Congestive Heart Failure as the First Clinical Manifestation

The leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with acromegaly is cardiovascular complications. Myocardial exposure to excessive growth hormone can cause ventricular hypertrophy, hypertension, arrhythmia, and diastolic dysfunction. However, congestive heart failure as a result of systolic...

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Published in:Endocrinol Metab (Seoul)
Main Authors: Lee, Hyae Min, Lee, Sun Hee, Yang, In-Ho, Hwang, In Kyoung, Hwang, You Cheol, Ahn, Kyu Jeung, Chung, Ho Yeon, Hwang, Hui-Jeong, Jeong, In-Kyung
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Korean Endocrine Society 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595366/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25491785
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2015.30.3.395
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