TY - JOUR
T1 - Short-term evaluation of cardiac morphology, function, metabolism and structure following diagnosis of adult-onset growth hormone deficiency
AU - De Cobelli, Francesco
AU - Rossini, Alessandro
AU - Esposito, Antonio
AU - Canu, Tamara
AU - Manzoni, Giuseppina
AU - Del Maschio, Alessandro
AU - Rubinacci, Alessandro
AU - Sirtori, Marcella
AU - Losa, Marco
AU - Lanzi, Roberto
AU - Perseghin, Gianluca
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - Objective: The impact of growth hormone (GH) deficiency of the adult on cardiovascular function remains only partially elucidated. Purpose of this study was to test cardiac function in adult GH deficient patients using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). Design: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) techniques, including cardiac 31P MR spectroscopy and evaluation of gadolinium late-enhancement, were applied to assess simultaneously, in a cross-sectional fashion, morphological, functional, metabolic, and structural parameters of the left (LV) and right ventricle (RV) in 15 patients with adult onset GH deficiency. Fifteen healthy individuals served as controls. Results: In GH deficient patients LV systolic function (EF%: 61 ± 1.7 vs 62.1 ± 0.8; p = .44) was not different in spite of a lower LV mass (83.2 ± 5.3 vs 145.3 ± 11.9 g; p = .001), a subclinical impairment of diastolic function (E/A peak ratio: 1.6 ± 0.2 vs 2.1 ± 0.2 p = .05), and a trend for lower PCr/ATP ratio (2.1 ± 0.8 vs 2.3 ± 0.1 p = .07). The RV showed reduced chamber size (end diastolic volume 123.8 ± 9 vs 147.9 ± 7.6 mL; p = .021) with preserved mass. No structural alterations of the LV and RV at late-enhancement were detected in these patients. Conclusions: GH deficient patients represent a unique model of reduced LV myocardial mass in which major structural and metabolic alterations are lacking. Mal-adaptive mechanisms developing in the long term in response to GH deficiency and more severely affecting the LV remain to be elucidated.
AB - Objective: The impact of growth hormone (GH) deficiency of the adult on cardiovascular function remains only partially elucidated. Purpose of this study was to test cardiac function in adult GH deficient patients using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). Design: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) techniques, including cardiac 31P MR spectroscopy and evaluation of gadolinium late-enhancement, were applied to assess simultaneously, in a cross-sectional fashion, morphological, functional, metabolic, and structural parameters of the left (LV) and right ventricle (RV) in 15 patients with adult onset GH deficiency. Fifteen healthy individuals served as controls. Results: In GH deficient patients LV systolic function (EF%: 61 ± 1.7 vs 62.1 ± 0.8; p = .44) was not different in spite of a lower LV mass (83.2 ± 5.3 vs 145.3 ± 11.9 g; p = .001), a subclinical impairment of diastolic function (E/A peak ratio: 1.6 ± 0.2 vs 2.1 ± 0.2 p = .05), and a trend for lower PCr/ATP ratio (2.1 ± 0.8 vs 2.3 ± 0.1 p = .07). The RV showed reduced chamber size (end diastolic volume 123.8 ± 9 vs 147.9 ± 7.6 mL; p = .021) with preserved mass. No structural alterations of the LV and RV at late-enhancement were detected in these patients. Conclusions: GH deficient patients represent a unique model of reduced LV myocardial mass in which major structural and metabolic alterations are lacking. Mal-adaptive mechanisms developing in the long term in response to GH deficiency and more severely affecting the LV remain to be elucidated.
KW - Diastolic function
KW - Gadolinium late-enhancement
KW - High energy phosphates
KW - Insulin like growth factor 1
KW - Phosphorus 31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ghir.2019.06.003
DO - 10.1016/j.ghir.2019.06.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 31276905
AN - SCOPUS:85068109361
VL - 46-47
SP - 50
EP - 54
JO - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Supplement
JF - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Supplement
SN - 1096-6374
ER -