Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypopituitary patients receiving conventional hormone substitution, but without GH replacement, have an increased mortality from cardiovascular diseases. Inadequate hormone replacement is a possible cause of this increased mortality. GH deficiency in adult patients has been associated with several cardiovascular risk factors, including hyperlipidemia, increased abdominal adiposity, and impaired insulin sensitivity.Aim of the study: The aim ...

The silent myocardial ischemia is a serious diagnostic problem especially in patients with long-standing diabetes of type 1 (DM). Resting as well as exercise myocardial perfusion scintigraphy tests allow to recognize the silent myocardial ischemia in these groups of patients and to start the relevant treatment. The aim of the study was to establish the prevalence of myocardial ischemia in patients with type 1 DM, without clinical symptoms of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and wi...