Effect of Growth Hormone on Cardiac Contractility in Patients With Adult Onset Growth Hormone Deficiency

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1035-1039

  Cho, Goo Yeong ^a   Jeong, In Kyung ^b   Kim, Seong Hwan ^a   Kim, Min Kyu ^a   Park, Woo Jung ^a   Oh, Dong Jin ^a   Yoo, Hyung Joon ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEART; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 34548392650     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.04.051     Document Type: Article

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