[CLINICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND HORMONAL PREDICTORS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN PATIENTS WITH ACROMEGALY].

Abstract

Examined 76 (26 men and 50 women) patients with active acromegaly aged 20 to 70 years, average age (48.22 ± 12.19). Echocardiographic signs of hypertrophy of the left ventricular (LVH) revealed by 63.2% of patients, including 46%--concentric LVH. Found that high levels of pituitary growth hormone (GH) and insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) were independent predictors of LVH. Influence of GH and IGF-1 on the formation of LVH-mediated through anthropometric parameters and levels of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, which are predictors in patients with acromegaly LVH.