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Cardiac resynchronization therapy improves heart failure in one patient with acromegaly-induced cardiomyopathy: a case report
BACKGROUND: Congestive heart failure is rarely observed in patients with acromegaly. Excessive growth hormone secretion and elevation of insulin-like growth factor 1 contribute to pathological changes in myocyte growth and structure, cardiac contractility, vascular function, and in later stage may p...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6482561/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31018862 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2030-y |