Cardiovascular Risk and Metabolic Syndrome Characteristics in Patients with Nonfunctional Pituitary Macroadenoma.
Guadalupe Vargas-OrtegaBaldomero José Gregorio González-VirlaLourdes Balcázar-HernándezOriana Nieto-GuzmánAna Pamela Garrido-MendozaMarco Antonio Flores-MayaMendoza-Zubieta VictoriaPublished in: International journal of endocrinology (2018)
A high prevalence of cardiovascular and metabolic disease and a high cardiovascular risk were evidenced in patients with NFPMA, especially in men. Risk factors such as the personal history of hypertension and dyslipidemia could explain the foregoing, so the control and treatment of metabolic parameters and cardiovascular risk should be an integral part of the follow-up of these patients.