Echocardiographic Myocardial Changes in Acromegaly: a Cross-Sectional Analysis in a Tertiary Center in Bulgaria
Autor: | A. Kundurdjiev, Emil Natchev, Todor Kundurzhiev, Zlatareva N, Georgi Kirilov, Sabina Zacharieva, Silvia Vandeva |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Endocrine Care Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Cardiovascular Complication Cross-sectional study business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Cardiomyopathy Diastole 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Context (language use) medicine.disease Both ventricles 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Endocrinology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Internal medicine Acromegaly medicine Cardiology business Isovolumetric contraction |
Zdroj: | Acta Endocrinologica (Bucharest). 15:52-61 |
ISSN: | 1843-066X 1841-0987 |
Popis: | CONTEXT: Cardiomyopathy is the most frequent cardiovascular complication in acromegaly. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to compare some echocardiographic markers in acromegaly patients with controls and find a correlation with disease duration, disease activity, levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). DESIGN: We conducted a cross-sectional case-control study for the period of 2008-2012. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Acromegaly patients altogether 146 (56 men and 90 women), were divided into four groups according to disease activity and the presence of arterial hypertension (AH). The control group included 83 subjects, matching the patient groups by age, gender and presence of AH. GH was measured by an immunofluorometric method, while IGF-1 by IRMA method. All patients and controls were subjected to one- and two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography, color and pulse Doppler. RESULTS: We found a thickening of the left ventricular walls and an increase in the left ventricular mass. However, these changes were not statistically significant in all groups and no correlation with disease duration could be demonstrated. As markers of diastolic dysfunction, increased deceleration time and isovolumetric relaxation were registered, which were dependent mainly on age in a binary logistic regression analysis, but not GH or IGF-1. Using absolute values, ejection and shortening fractions were increased in some groups. Using cut-off values, a higher percentage of systolic dysfunction was demonstrated in patients compared to their corresponding controls. Engagement of the right heart ventricle was also found – increased deceleration time and decreased e/a tric ratio. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, functional impairments of both ventricles were present, with a predominance of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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