Left Heart Dysfunction in Acromegaly Revealed by Novel Echocardiographic Methods

Background: Acromegaly is a rare disease that requires modern treatment to decrease the risk of mortality, mainly from vascular diseases. Identifying acromegalic patients with increased cardiovascular risk is challenging. Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) is a modern, well-validated, and repro...

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Main Authors: Beata Uziȩbło-Życzkowska, Agnieszka Jurek, Przemysław Witek, Grzegorz Zieliński, Grzegorz Gielerak, Paweł Krzesiński
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2020.00418/full