European Journal of Endocrinology
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Keywords:
Acromegaly, Adult, Aged, Belgium, Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, C-Reactive Protein, Female, Humans, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Male, Middle Aged, Natriuretic Peptide, Brain, Peptide Fragments, Prognosis, Registries, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism, CARDIOVASCULAR RISK-FACTORS, BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, GROWTH-FACTOR-I, IGF-I, RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST, DEFICIENT PATIENTS, CARDIAC-FUNCTION, HORMONE, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, 3202 Clinical sciences, 3215 Reproductive medicine
Abstract:
Patients with active acromegaly have an increased prevalence of cardiomyopathy and heart failure but a less than expected risk of coronary artery disease, considering the frequent association of diabetes mellitus and hypertension. We examined whether changes in high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) might contribute to this phenomenon.