Acyl ghrelin infusion increases circulating growth hormone in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction

Eur J Heart Fail. 2023 Nov;25(11):2093-2095. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.3019. Epub 2023 Sep 15.

Authors

Camilla Hage^{1

2}, Marcus Ståhlberg^{1

2}, Tonje Thorvaldsen^{1

2}, Ulrika L Faxén^{1

3}, Gianluigi Pironti^{1

4}, Dominic-Luc Webb⁵, Per M Hellström⁵, Daniel C Andersson^{2

4}, Lars H Lund^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Karolinska University Hospital, Heart, Vascular and Neuro Theme, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Medical Sciences, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

PMID: 37655533
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3019

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Ghrelin*
Growth Hormone
Heart Failure* / drug therapy
Humans
Infusions, Intravenous
Stroke Volume

Substances

Ghrelin
Growth Hormone