Aortic root ectasia in patients with acromegaly: experience at a single center.

Background: Acromegaly is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality, and increased aortic root diameter has been recently described in the literature as a possible feature of acromegalic cardiomyopathy.

Objective: To assess the aortic root diameter and the prevalence of aortic ectasia in acromegalic patients.

Patients And Methods: This paper presents a transversal analysis of 42 acromegalic patients by Doppler echocardiogram and comparison with 42 age, sex, body surface area and hypertension matched controls.