Left ventricular synchronicity in acromegaly

Endocrine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-2

  Grasso, Ludovica F S ^a   Colao, Annamaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; AGING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HYPERTENSION; LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ACROMEGALY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84879267594     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-013-0005-0     Document Type: Editorial

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