Pituitary acromegalic cardiomyopathy: a report of 4 cases and literature review / 中华全科医师杂志
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
;
(6): 839-841, 2014.
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in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-468890
ABSTRACT
Four cases of pituitary acromegalic cardiomyopathy were reported and relative literature was reviewed in this article.Four patients were all males aged 45-63 y.The patients were diagnosed as pituitary adenoma,then NYHA grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ heart failure developed.One patient had both acromegaly and coronary heart disease,and all patients had arrhythmia attacks.The growth hormone levels were not under control in 3 patients,and for the remaining patient with normalized growth hormone the end-stage heart failure also developed.The onset of pituitary acromegalic cardiomyopathy is hidden; when the disease progresses to advanced heart failure,the prognosis would be poor in most cases.So early diagnosis and timely treatment is of great importance in acromegalic cardiomyopathy.
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Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
Year:
2014
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