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ea0041gp58 | Cardiovascular endocrinology | ECE2016

Cardiac status after long-term growth hormone replacement therapy in adult growth hormone deficient patients. A single centre audit based on echocardiographic investigations before and during GH replacement therapy

Skoglund Sissela , Rasmussen Ulla Feldt , Klose Marianne , Hassager Christian

Objective: To determine the effects of long-term growth hormone (GH) treatment on heart anatomy and function among adult GH deficient patients.Design: A retrospective observational study at Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark between 1999 and 2015.Patients: All patients with available echocardiography data at treatment baseline, 3–5 years and 8–10 years follow up. We included 25 naïve GH deficient...