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Semin Vasc Med
; 4(2): 115-20, 2004 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15478031
ABSTRACT
Cardiomyopathy is a major cause of death in overt acromegaly. Recent progress in research has increasingly revealed the molecular mechanisms concerning growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor in the development of heart failure. In this article, we propose mechanisms according to which heart failure occurs, and we aim to extrapolate this knowledge to more general processes involved in heart failure.