Pituitary acromegalic cardiomyopathy: a report of 4 cases and literature review
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2014.10.016
- VernacularTitle:垂体性肢端肥大症性心肌病四例诊治并文献复习
- Author:
Chenguang YANG
;
Huiping ZHANG
;
Fusui JI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Acromegaly;
Cardiomyopathies
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2014;13(10):839-841
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Four cases of pituitary acromegalic cardiomyopathy were reported and relative literature was reviewed in this article.Four patients were all males aged 45-63 y.The patients were diagnosed as pituitary adenoma,then NYHA grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ heart failure developed.One patient had both acromegaly and coronary heart disease,and all patients had arrhythmia attacks.The growth hormone levels were not under control in 3 patients,and for the remaining patient with normalized growth hormone the end-stage heart failure also developed.The onset of pituitary acromegalic cardiomyopathy is hidden; when the disease progresses to advanced heart failure,the prognosis would be poor in most cases.So early diagnosis and timely treatment is of great importance in acromegalic cardiomyopathy.
