Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Cardiovascular complications are the most relevant cause of mortality in patients with acromegaly.Aims: To evaluate the effects of chronic excess of GH, IGF1 and PRL on blood pressure, heart rate and pulse in patients with active acromegaly.Subjects and methods: Sixty-three patients (22 men and 41 women; aged 18–76 years) with macroadenoma of hypophysis (45 – somatotropinoma, 19 – somatomammotropinoma) ...