ea0014p67 | (1) | ECE2007
Vestergaard Esben Thyssen
, Andersen Niels Holmark
, Hansen Troels Krarup
, Rasmussen Lars Melholt
, Moller Niels
, Sorensen Keld
, Sloth Erik
, Christiansen Jens Sandahl
, Jorgensen Jens Otto Lunde
Objective: The short-term cardiovascular effects of continuous ghrelin infusion in healthy humans remain to be studied.Methods: Fifteen healthy, young and normal-weight men volunteered to participate in a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study. The local ethics committee approved the study. We used a constant infusion of human ghrelin at a rate of 5 pmol/kg body weight per minute for 180 minutes and measured peak left ventricular my...