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- Title
Cardiomyopathy in acromegaly and the effect of trans-sphenoidal surgery.
- Authors
Yadav, Subhash; Bhatia, Eesh
- Abstract
The article discusses about transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly and talks about Acromegaly resulting from an excessive secretion of growth hormone (GH). Increased circulating GH and insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) are responsible for the disorderTrans-sphenoidal surgery is used as first line treatment for somatotroph adenomas. The results of study on patients undergoing Trans-sphenoidal surgery are mentioned.
- Subjects
ACROMEGALY; ACROMEGALY treatment; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY complications; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENTS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; SPHENOID bone; SPHENOID sinus; TREATMENT effectiveness; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Neurology India, 2017, Vol 65, Issue 6, p1223
- ISSN
0028-3886
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.4103/0028-3886.217988