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Is the acromegalic cardiomyopathy reversible? Effect of 5-year normalization of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor I levels on cardiac performance.

Acromegalic patients are considered to be exposed to a doubled mortality rate, mostly for cardiovascular diseases. This open prospective study was designed to evaluate whether the impairment of cardiac performance could be reversed by the long-term suppression of GH and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) levels. Eighteen patients with active acromegaly were studied before and 5 yr after surgery, followed by sc octreotide in 11 patients. Disease control (GH levels < or =1 microg/L after glucose load or < or =2.5 microg/L after fasting, respectively, together with normalized IGF-I levels for age) was achieved in seven patients after surgery and in six patients after 0.3--0.6 mg/day sc octreotide. Five patients were not controlled during the 5-yr follow-up. Cardiac performance at rest and at peak exercise was assessed by equilibrium radionuclide angiography at study entry and 5 yr after surgery alone or plus octreotide. Thirty-six sex- and age-matched healthy subjects served as controls. At study entry, patients had a lower left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) at peak exercise and LVEF exercise-induced changes, exercise duration, and capacity than controls (P < 0.001). After 5 yr of treatment, a significant decrease of resting heart rate (P = 0.03) and a significant increase of LVEF at peak exercise (P = 0.003) was found in patients achieving disease control. LVEF response at peak exercise worsened in none of the patients with controlled disease and in three patients with uncontrolled disease (60%) (chi(2) = 5.5; P = 0.02). Diastolic filling, exercise duration, and workload did not significantly change during the 5-yr follow-up. No difference was found between patients controlled by surgery alone or by surgery plus octreotide. This 5-yr prospective study demonstrated that the LVEF response at peak exercise improved in all patients achieving disease control, while it was worsened in 60% of uncontrolled ones. These results strengthen the need of a stable suppression of GH and IGF-I hypersecretion to restore a normal cardiac performance in acromegaly.[1]

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  1. Is the acromegalic cardiomyopathy reversible? Effect of 5-year normalization of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor I levels on cardiac performance. Colao, A., Cuocolo, A., Marzullo, P., Nicolai, E., Ferone, D., Della Morte, A.M., Pivonello, R., Salvatore, M., Lombardi, G. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (2001) [Pubmed]
 
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