Clinical case of the month. Cardiac complications of acromegaly: a rare cause of dilated cardiomyopathy

Devoitille, A.; Beckers, A.; Piérard, L.A.

Revue Medicale de Liege 67(4): 174-178

2012


ISSN/ISBN: 0370-629X
PMID: 22670443
Document Number: 662061
Acromegaly is a disease characterized by chronic growth hormone hypersecretion. Cardiovascular complications represent the main cause of death. We present here a rare case of dilated cardiomyopathy whose diagnosis revealed an acromegaly. This will provide the opportunity to review an uncommon disease and its recently reassessed prevalence.

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