ea0014p608 | (1) | ECE2007
Baldelli R
, Di Somma C
, Ambrosio M
, Bianchi A
, Pivonello R
, Gasco V
, Maffei P
, Appetecchia M
, Sicolo N
, degli Uberti E
, De Marinis L
, Grottoli S
, Colao A
, Ghigo E
GH hypersection results in biventricular concentric hypertrophy and a progressive contractile impairment whereas cardiac hypotrophy and impaired diastolic filling and left ventricular function have been reported in GH deficiency (GHD). No information on cardiac performances and structure are available about those acromegalic patients in whom successful treatment made their GH and IGF-I secretion similar to those in GHD patients. In order to study the functional and structural ...