Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP), is generalized with calcium, phosphate, and bone metabolism disorder due to increased PTH secretion. It’s common in fifth and sixth decades. Nowadays, it’s widely detected by measurement of blood calcium and may be presented with minimal or no symptoms.Design: 102 patients with PHP admitted to Department of Endocrinology, between years of 2008–2013 were analyzed.Result...

Objective: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the most important cause of mortality in acromegaly patients. Noninvasive assessment of aortic stiffness which can be used as an predictor of atherosclerosis, may be of benefit in acromegaly patients for early diagnosis of CVD. We evaluated the aortic elasticity parameters of acromegalic patients in remission and compared with healthy controls.Methods and results: Study subjects consisted of 20 patients with a...

Objective: Acromegaly is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, mostly due to cardiovascular complications. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness in acromegaly patients.Methods and results: We evaluated 25 consecutive patients with acromegaly (15 females, 10 males, mean age 44.5±10.1 years), and 22 age-matched control subjects (12 females, 10 males, mean age 37.40±7.5 years...