Mitral annulus is dilated with preserved function in acromegaly regardless of its activity: Insights from the three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiographic MAGYAR-Path Study
Introduction and Objective: Acromegaly is a rare, chronic and slowly developing endocrine disorder caused by hypersecretion of human growth hormone and consequently of insulin-like growth factor-1 during adulthood. The present study was conducted to assess mitral annular (MA) size and function betwe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-04-01
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Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255121000433 |