ea0020p293 | Clinical case reports and clinical reports | ECE2009
Melnichenko Galina
, Syirkin Abram
, Pronin Vyachelav
, Svet Alexey
, Chaplyigina Ekaterina
, Gitel Evgeniy
, Poteshkin Yuriy
Occurrence of arterial hypertension (AH) in acromegaly (A) is the significant risk factor for sudden death. The study group included 232 patients with A aged 4767 year (mean age 54). The duration of active phase of A was 717 years (median 11), GH levels were 2319.2 ng/ml (mean 6.5), IGF-1 were 223568 ng/ml (mean 354). AH was found in 186 patients (80.2%): 1st degree 27%, 2nd 32%, 3rd 41%. Of 24-hour arterial blood pressure monitorin...