Growth Hormone And The Heart

• 1. The cellular and molecular basis for growth hormone action on the heart.- 2. Physiological effects of growth hormone on the heart.- 3. The heart and the growth hormone deficiency syndrome.- 4. Growth hormone replacement and cardiac function in the GHD adults.- 5 The heart in acromegaly.- 6. Impact of growth hormone-lowering treatments on heart function in acromegaly.- 7. Growth hormone secretion in congestive heart failure.- 8. The growth hormone axis in cachectic patients with chronic heart failure: evidence for acquired growth hormone resistance.- 9. Growth hormone treatment in experimental heart failure.- 10. Acute growth hormone effects in human subjects with heart failure.- 11. Effect of chronic growth hormone treatment in heart failure.- 12. Does the growth factor approach have a future in the treatment of human heart failure?.- 13. Exercise and growth hormone secretion.- 14. Growth hormone and skeletal muscle function.- 15. Growth hormone and nutritional status.- 16. Effects of growth hormone on sodium homeostasis.- 17. Growth hormone and exercise performance.- 18. IGF-1 and the heart.- 19. Growth hormone-releasing peptides and the heart.

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