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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Endocrine Society 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25491785
http://dx.doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2015.30.3.395

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25491785
http://dx.doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2015.30.3.395

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