Regression of acromegalic left ventricular hypertrophy after lanreotide (a glow-release somatostatin analog)
1999
Abstract
A group of 13 acromegalic patients was treated with lanreotide for Is months and followed-up echocardiographically; these patients showed significant correlations between the decrease of both growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 and the decrease of left ventricular mass index. This documents a regression of left ventricular hypertrophy in acromegaly after lanreotide treatment, the degree of which is dependent on the magnitude of the decrease of GH and insulin-like growth factor-1 serum levels.