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ea0041ep903 | Pituitary - Clinical | ECE2016

Acromegalic cardiomyopathy: echocardiographic and CMR analysis

Casara Alvise , Dassie Francesca , Battocchio Marialberta , Parolin Matteo , Martini Chiara , De Carlo Eugenio , Mioni Roberto , Famoso Giulia , Tona Francesco , Fallo Francesco , Vettor Roberto , Corbetti Francesco , Maffei Pietro

Introduction: Acromegalic cardiomyopathy is characterized by myocardial hypertrophy and interstitial myocardial fibrosis at biopsy. We studied left ventricular hypertrophy -LVH- through echocardiography (-ECHO- 2-D standard echocardiography and Doppler analysis) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) analysis. Myocardial fibrosis was studied with late enhancement technique (LE) and extracellular volume technique (ECV) at CMR.Methods: 25 patients -pts- (13 ...
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