Morphometry and GH/IGF-1 axis deficiency may identify a form of dilated cardiomyopathy which is corrected by recombinant human growth hormone (rHGH)

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1995 Mar 27:752:422-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb17450.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / drug therapy*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / pathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / physiopathology*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Growth Hormone / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Hypopituitarism / complications
  • Hypopituitarism / physiopathology*
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / physiology*
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Myocardium / ultrastructure
  • Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
  • Growth Hormone