Left ventricular twist is impaired in acromegaly: Insights from the three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiographic MAGYAR-Path Study.
Árpád KormányosPéter DomsikAnita KalaposAndrea OroszCsaba LengyelZsuzsanna ValkuszAttila TrencsányiTamás ForsterAttila NemesPublished in: Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU (2017)
Acromegaly is associated with impaired LV rotation and twist as assessed by 3-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography. LV-RBR is a frequent phenomenon in acromegaly.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- epithelial mesenchymal transition
- growth hormone
- pulmonary hypertension
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- mitral valve
- heart failure
- left atrial
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- aortic stenosis
- computed tomography
- ejection fraction
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome