Cardiovascular changes in patients with adult-onset growth hormone deficiency assessed by CMR
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Methods Ten patients with adult-onset GHD and ageand sexmatched controls (n=10) underwent CMR. Patients underwent scans before disease treatment and at twelve months after treatment. Cardiac parameters were calculated and indexed to body surface area (BSA). The comparison between groups was done using Mann-UWhitney test and within the group using Wilcoxon test. The data are presented as median values.
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