title: [15-year echocardiographic follow-up of acromegalic patients].
abstract: An echocardiographic follow-up of 25 patients (pts) was performed, after the first examinations in 1978-1979. 15 pts have died in the last 15 years (Group 1), while 10 still living (Group 2). In Group 1 either the impaired global left ventricular at the time of the first echocardiography predicted a high mortality i.e. there were only two pts with normal echocardiographic findings. The other 6 acromegalic pts with a "normal heart" have survived. The left ventricular hypertrophy of pts in Group 2 was observed to increase during the 15-year follow-up, because of the development of systemic hypertension. In conclusion, the echocardiographic findings are of a good predictive value in estimations of the survival rate in acromegalic pts.
authors.affiliation: Szent-Györgyi Albert Orvostudományi Egyetem, II Szeged, sz Belgyógyászati Klinika.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gyöngyösi
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Valkusz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Forster
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gáspár
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Csanády
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Acromegaliás betegek 15 éves echocardiographiás követése.