Acromegaly and hypertension

Abstract

Acromegaly is usually caused by pituitary adenomas that secrete growth hormone (GH). The disease is prone to be complicated with hypertension and thus aggravates the state of the illness and increase the disease burden. This paper summarized the prevalence, clinical characteristics, pathophysiological mechanism, diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in patients with acromegaly and potential influence of the disease control on acromegaly on hypertension, in order to deepen the understanding of the disease and provide evidence for good prevention and control of hypertension in patients with acromegaly.

Keywords

• acromegaly, hypertension, growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor-1(igf-1)