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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Main Authors: Attila Nemes, Árpád Kormányos, Péter Domsik, Anita Kalapos, Csaba Lengyel, Nóra Ambrus, Zsuzsanna Valkusz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255121000433