Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is present in up to 60% of patients diagnosed of acromegaly and is responsible of the major related morbidity and mortality.Case report: A 79-year-old-woman with previous history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension was admitted for acute pulmonary edema. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed a severe left ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction of 20%, dilated left ventricle and left atrium with a moderate m...