OBJECTIVE: There are no data regarding echocardiographic parameters in patients with normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism (NCPHPT). We compared the echocardiographic findings in postmenopausal women with NCPHPT with those in patients with hypercalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and controls. METHODS: Seventeen consecutive Caucasian postmenopausal women with NCPHPT were compared with 20 women with hypercalcemic PHPT and 20 controls. Obesity, diabetes, kidney failure, and previous cardiovascular diseases were considered exclusion criteria. Each patient underwent biochemical evaluation, bone mineral density scan, and echocardiographic measurements. Patients with parathyroid disorders underwent kidney ultrasound evaluation. RESULTS: Patients with PHPT had significantly higher mean total serum calcium, ionized calcium, 24-hour urinary calcium, and parathyroid hormone and lower mean phosphorus levels compared with those in the controls (all P < .05). The only differences between patients with NCPHPT and PHPT were significantly lower mean total serum calcium, ionized calcium, and 24-hour urinary calcium and higher phosphorus levels in patients with NCPHPT (all P < .05). The only biochemical difference between patients with NCPHPT and the controls was a higher level of mean parathyroid hormone in patients with NCPHPT. There were no differences in cardiovascular risk factors between patients with NCPHPT and PHPT and the controls. Hypertension was the most frequent cardiovascular risk factor, diagnosed in 65% of patients with PHPT. This high prevalence was not statistically significant compared with that observed in patients with NCPHPT (59%) and in the controls (30%). Echocardiography parameters were not different between patients with NCPHPT and PHPT and the controls when subdivided according to the presence of hypertension (ANOVA followed by Bonferroni correction). CONCLUSION: In a population with a low cardiovascular risk, we found no differences in cardiovascular risk factors and echocardiographic parameters between patients with NCPHPT and PHPT and the controls.

Echocardiographic findings in patients with normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism compared with findings in hypercalcemic primary hyperparathyroid patients and control subjects / Pepe, J.; Colangelo, L.; Sonato, C.; Occhiuto, M.; Ferrara, C.; Del Fattore, A.; Santori, R.; Mastrantonio, M.; Sgreccia, A.; Minisola, S.; Cipriani, C.. - In: ENDOCRINE PRACTICE. - ISSN 1530-891X. - 27:1(2021), pp. 21-26. [10.4158/EP-2020-0405]

Echocardiographic findings in patients with normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism compared with findings in hypercalcemic primary hyperparathyroid patients and control subjects

Pepe J.
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Colangelo L.
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Sonato C.;Occhiuto M.;Ferrara C.;Santori R.;Mastrantonio M.;Sgreccia A.;Minisola S.
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Cipriani C.
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2021

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: There are no data regarding echocardiographic parameters in patients with normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism (NCPHPT). We compared the echocardiographic findings in postmenopausal women with NCPHPT with those in patients with hypercalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and controls. METHODS: Seventeen consecutive Caucasian postmenopausal women with NCPHPT were compared with 20 women with hypercalcemic PHPT and 20 controls. Obesity, diabetes, kidney failure, and previous cardiovascular diseases were considered exclusion criteria. Each patient underwent biochemical evaluation, bone mineral density scan, and echocardiographic measurements. Patients with parathyroid disorders underwent kidney ultrasound evaluation. RESULTS: Patients with PHPT had significantly higher mean total serum calcium, ionized calcium, 24-hour urinary calcium, and parathyroid hormone and lower mean phosphorus levels compared with those in the controls (all P < .05). The only differences between patients with NCPHPT and PHPT were significantly lower mean total serum calcium, ionized calcium, and 24-hour urinary calcium and higher phosphorus levels in patients with NCPHPT (all P < .05). The only biochemical difference between patients with NCPHPT and the controls was a higher level of mean parathyroid hormone in patients with NCPHPT. There were no differences in cardiovascular risk factors between patients with NCPHPT and PHPT and the controls. Hypertension was the most frequent cardiovascular risk factor, diagnosed in 65% of patients with PHPT. This high prevalence was not statistically significant compared with that observed in patients with NCPHPT (59%) and in the controls (30%). Echocardiography parameters were not different between patients with NCPHPT and PHPT and the controls when subdivided according to the presence of hypertension (ANOVA followed by Bonferroni correction). CONCLUSION: In a population with a low cardiovascular risk, we found no differences in cardiovascular risk factors and echocardiographic parameters between patients with NCPHPT and PHPT and the controls.
2021
cardiovascular disease; echocardiography; normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism; parathyroid hormone; primary hyperparathyroidism; calcium; echocardiography; female; humans; parathyroid hormone; hypercalcemia; hyperparathyroidism primary
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Echocardiographic findings in patients with normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism compared with findings in hypercalcemic primary hyperparathyroid patients and control subjects / Pepe, J.; Colangelo, L.; Sonato, C.; Occhiuto, M.; Ferrara, C.; Del Fattore, A.; Santori, R.; Mastrantonio, M.; Sgreccia, A.; Minisola, S.; Cipriani, C.. - In: ENDOCRINE PRACTICE. - ISSN 1530-891X. - 27:1(2021), pp. 21-26. [10.4158/EP-2020-0405]
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