Multiple hormone deficiencies in chronic heart failure

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Apr 1:184:421-423. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.02.055. Epub 2015 Feb 24.

Authors

Michele Arcopinto¹, Andrea Salzano², Eduardo Bossone³, Francesco Ferrara³, Emanuele Bobbio², Domenico Sirico², Olga Vriz⁴, Carlo De Vincentiis¹, Margherita Matarazzo², Lavinia Saldamarco², Francesco Saccà⁵, Raffaele Napoli², Massimo Iacoviello⁶, Vincenzo Triggiani⁷, Andrea M Isidori⁸, Carlo Vigorito², Jorgen Isgaard⁹, Antonio Cittadini¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Medical Translational Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Salerno, Italy.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, San Daniele del Friuli Hospital, Udine, Italy.
⁵ Department of Neurological Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
⁶ Cardiology Unit and Cardiothoracic Department, Policlinico Consorziale University Hospital, Bari, Italy.
⁷ Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
⁸ Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
⁹ Department of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Götenborg, Sweden.
¹⁰ Department of Medical Translational Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: antonio.cittadini@unina.it.

PMID: 25755056
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.02.055

No abstract available

Keywords: Catabolism; Chronic heart failure; Hormonal deficiency.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Chronic Disease
Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate* / blood
Echocardiography / methods
Endocrine System Diseases* / blood
Endocrine System Diseases* / epidemiology
Endocrine System Diseases* / etiology
Endocrine System Diseases* / therapy
Exercise Test / methods
Heart Failure* / blood
Heart Failure* / complications
Heart Failure* / diagnosis
Heart Failure* / mortality
Heart Failure* / physiopathology
Hormone Replacement Therapy / methods
Humans
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I* / analysis
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I* / metabolism
Italy / epidemiology
Male
Metabolism / physiology
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Prognosis
Testosterone* / blood
Testosterone* / deficiency
Thyroid Hormones* / blood
Thyroid Hormones* / deficiency

Substances

Thyroid Hormones
Testosterone
Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I