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ea0037ep629 | Obesity and cardiovascular endocrinology | ECE2015

IGF-1 levels correlate with T3 status in chronic heart failure outpatients: preliminary data

Triggiani Vincenzo , Iacoviello Massimo , Leone Marta , Giagulli Vito Angelo , Guastamacchia Edoardo , Salzano Andrea , Bobbio Emanuele , Arcopinto Michele , Cittadini Antonio

Background: A variety of hormones may be down-regulated in CHF patients. Impaired activity of the GH/IGF-1 axis has been described and is associated with poor clinical status and outcome. Moreover, a decrease in serum T3 is correlated to the severity of the heart disease as assessed by the NYHA classification. Aim of this study was to evaluate a possible correlation between IGF-1 levels and T3 status in a cohort of CHF outpatients.M...
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ea0090ep672 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2023

Early Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Females with Chronic Hyperprolactinemia: a Doppler Echocardiographic Study

Marra Alberto Maria , Arcopinto Michele , D'Assante Roberta , Valente Valeria , Simona Auriemma Renata , Crisci Giulia , Giardino Federica , Pirchio Rosa , Pivonello Rosario , Bossone Eduardo , Colao Annamaria , Cittadini Antonio

Despite the myocardial prolactin (PRL) binding activity and the known effect to enhance contractility in the isolated rat heart, little information is available concerning the cardiovascular consequences of hyperprolactinemia in humans. To elucidate the effects of chronic hyperprolactinemia on cardiac structure and function, twenty-four patients with isolated PRL-secreting adenoma and twenty-four controls underwent a complete mono- and two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography....
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