| Diastolic function study with conventional and pulsed tissue Doppler echocardiography imaging in acromegalic patients. | |
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PMID: 19392840 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Acromegaly is associated with myocardial hypertrophy and it can progress to diastolic and systolic dysfunction. PURPOSE: To evaluate diastolic function in acromegalic patients through conventional echocardiography (CD) and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI). METHODS: Seventeen acromegalic patients were submitted to CD and TDI, and early (E) and atriogenic (A) transmitral flow were evaluated in mitral, septal, and tricuspid regions. RESULTS: In comparison with controls the means of conventional (1.06), septal (1.01), and tricuspid (0.98) E/A ratio were significantly lower in acromegalic patients. E/A ratio <1.0 was demonstrated in 41% and 49% of acromegalics by DC and TDI, respectively, with no statistical difference among the two methods. An inverse linear correlation was shown between mitral E/A ratio and acromegalic age (r =-0.7). CONCLUSION: In this study, DC and TDI were equally effective in demonstrating diastolic dysfunction, a common finding in acromegalic patients. |
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Authors:
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Carolina G S Leães; Caroline K Kramer; Julia F S Pereira-Lima; Domingos M Hatem; Iran Castro; Miriam da C Oliveira |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article Date: 2009-04-08 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Volume: 26 ISSN: 1540-8175 ISO Abbreviation: Echocardiography Publication Date: 2009 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-07-14 Completed Date: 2009-09-30 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8511187 Medline TA: Echocardiography Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 651-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Discipline of Endocrinology, Medicine Faculty, Fundação Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil. |
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Acromegaly
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complications*,
ultrasonography* Adult Aged Elasticity Imaging Techniques / methods* Female Humans Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / congenital*, ultrasonography* Male Middle Aged Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed / methods* Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / congenital*, ultrasonography* |
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