To assess the metabolic and cardiovascular consequences of GH deficiency (GHD) on cardiovascular risk factors, we studied a homogeneous population with GHD due to a homozygous defect in the GHRH receptor gene. Anthropometric, metabolic, and cardiovascular measurements (at rest, during treadmill exercise, and during orthostatic stress) and echocardiographic data were obtained from 16 GH-naive, GH-deficient (GHD) adults and 31 age-, sex-, and body mass index-matched control (CO) subjects. The percentage of fat mass, waist to hip ratio, and total and low density lipoprotein cholesterol were higher in the GHD group. However, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride, and fasting glucose levels were similar between groups, and fasting insulin and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA(IR)) were lower in the GHD group. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was higher in the GHD group, but no difference in diastolic blood pressure or heart rate (HR) existed. Blood pressure and HR responses to exercise did not differ between groups. During passive orthostatic stress the decrease in SBP was higher in the GHD than in the CO group, whereas an increase in diastolic blood pressure was not observed in the GHD group. Moreover, the increase in HR was blunted in the GHD compared with the CO group. Left ventricular mass and mass index were lower in the GHD group. In conclusion, this genetically homogeneous isolated GHD population presents a syndrome characterized by central obesity, dyslipidemia, and elevated SBP but reduced cardiac dimensions compared with controls.
Background: Exercise echocardiography (EE) is an established method to diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD). Chronotropic incompetence (CI) during the EE may be a marker of myocardial ischemia. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the additive value of CI during EE in CAD diagnosis.
Doppler echocardiography is a simple, fast and noninvasive method to identify abnormal regional or global left ventricular function. One could consider this non-invasive method to be the best approach of all imaging techniques.Stress echocardiography techniques are used for the diagnosis, risk stratification, prognosis and the study of myocardial viability in ischemic heart disease. There are many ways of subjecting the heart to stress for echocardiographic studies. For physically fit patients exercise stress testing using a treadmill or bicycle is employed and patients who are unable to exercise undergo pharmacological tests.Although accurate diagnosis and a high prognostic value are achieved with both methods, there are new techniques under study, including the utilization of echocardiographic microbubble contrast for endocardial edge evaluation and for myocardial perfusion studies.
Descriptors: Stress. Echocardiography. Coronary disease.Resumo A ecodopplercardiografia é uma metodologia simples, rápida e não invasiva para identificar anormalidades regional e global da função do ventrículo esquerdo, podendo ser considerado o método não invasivo de maior aplicabilidade dentro das técnicas de imagem.A ecocardiografia sob estresse é utilizada para diagnóstico, estratificação de risco, prognóstico e avaliação da viabilidade miocárdica na doença arterial coronariana. Várias são as formas de se submeter o coração ao estresse para o estudo ecocardiográfico. Para indivíduos com capacidade física preservada, utiliza-se o teste com esteira ou bicicleta e para aqueles sem condições de se exercitar, são usados os testes farmacológicos.Apesar da boa acurácia diagnóstica e do valor prognóstico com os dois métodos já referidos, novas técnicas vêm sendo estudadas, como a utilização do contraste ecocardiográfico com microbolhas para avaliação das bordas do endocárdio e o estudo da perfusão miocárdica.Descritores: Estresse. Ecocardiografia. Coronariopatia.
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Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in diabetic patients. Although exercise echocardiography (EE) is established as a useful method for diagnosis and stratification of risk for CAD in the general population, there are few studies on its value as a prognostic tool in diabetic patients. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the value of EE in predicting cardiac events in diabetics.
SummaryBackground: Chronotropic incompetence (CTI) is frequent in elderly patients and may limit the role of the exercise test in the identification of coronary artery disease (CAD) in this population.
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