Endothelial function, carotid artery intima-media thickness, epicardial adipose tissue, and left ventricular mass and function in growth hormone-deficient adolescents: apparent effects of human growth hormone HGH treatment on these parameters.
Lanes R - J Clin Endocrinol Metab - 01-JUL-2005; 90(7): 3978-82
From NIH/NLM MEDLINE
NLM Citation ID:
15870123 (PubMed)
Full Source Title:
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Language:
English
Author Affiliation:
Pediatric Endocrine Unit and División of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital de Clinicas Caracas, Venezuela. lanes@telcel.net.ve
Authors:
Lanes R; Soros A; Flores K; Gunczler P; Carrillo E; Bandel J
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether HGH-deficient (HGH-D) adolescents have abnormalities of cardiac and vascular function detectable during the teenage years. DESIGN/METHODS: Ten HGHD children on HGH treatment with a chronological age (CA) of 14.6 +/- 1.7 yr and 12 untreated HGHD adolescents with a CA of 15.0 +/- 3.0 yr were studied. Cardiac mass and function, carotid artery intima-media thickness, flow-mediated endothelium-dependent vasodilation (percent change from baseline diameter during hyperemia), and hyperemia-induced blood flow increase of the brachial artery (percent change from baseline) and epicardial adipose tissue were evaluated by echocardiography. Fourteen healthy adolescents served as controls. RESULTS: Untreated HGHD adolescents present with a reduced left ventricular mass when compared with controls (P < 0.05) and a lower flow-mediated endothelium-dependent increase in the diameter of the brachial artery during hyperemia than both controls and treated HGHD subjects (P < 0.02), whereas their epicardial adipose tissue is significantly higher than that of healthy controls (P < 0.02). Interventricular septum thickness, posterior wall thickness, left ventricular ejection fraction, and carotid artery intima-media thickness were similar in all three groups. Hyperemia-induced blood flow increase was greater in treated HGHD adolescents than both untreated subjects and controls (P < 0.001). Body mass index correlated positively with epicardial adipose tissue in all three groups and with carotid intima-media thickness in treated and untreated HGHD adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: HGHD adolescents have a reduced left ventricular mass and vascular abnormalities manifested by lower flow-mediated endothelium-dependent vasodilation. These findings together with an increase in epicardial adipose tissue, a good indicator of abdominal/visceral fat, may contribute to an increased cardiovascular risk in the long term. An improvement in endothelial function and a reduction in arterial stiffness appear to occur after HGH replacement.
Major Subjects:
- Adipose Tissue / * metabolism
- Carotid Arteries / * pathology
- Endothelium, Vascular / * physiology
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Human Growth Hormone / * deficiency / * therapeutic use
- Myocardium / * pathology
- Pericardium / * metabolism
- Tunica Media / * pathology
- Ventricular Function, Left / * drug effects
Additional Subjects:
- Adolescent
- Body Mass Index
- Brachial Artery / physiology
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Vasodilation
Chemical Compound Name:
12629-01-5(Human Growth Hormone)