ea0032p865 | Pituitary – Clinical (<emphasis role="italic">Generously supported by IPSEN</emphasis>) | ECE2013
Carzaniga Chiara
, Seravalle Gino
, Attanasio Roberto
, Grassi Guido
, Cozzi Renato
, Maria Fatti Letizia
, Montini Marcella
, Vitale Giovanni
, Sciortino Giovanna
, Damanti Sarah
, Scacchi Massimo
, Mancia Giuseppe
, Cavagnini Francesco
, Persani Luca
Introduction: While searching for mechanisms contributing to the increased mortality of acromegaly, we have previously described an unexpected sympathoinhibition in newly diagnosed patients (Seravalle et al., Clin Endocrinol 77:262, 2012) and interpreted this finding as an adaptive phenomenon. It has also been shown that centrally administered somatostatin (SS) inhibits peripheral sympathetic outflow in rodents (Rettig et al., Am J Physiol 257:R588, 1989). Ba...