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. 2022 Dec 1;14(4):422-432.
doi: 10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2022.2022-12-13. Epub 2022 Jul 21.

The Effect of Growth Hormone Therapy on Cardiac Outcomes in Noonan Syndrome: Long Term Follow-up Results

Sirmen Kızılcan Çetin  1 , Mehmet Gökhan Ramoğlu  2 , Zeynep Şıklar  1 , Elif Özsu  1 , Zehra Aycan  1 , Hasan Ercan Tutar  2 , Merih Berberoğlu  1
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The Effect of Growth Hormone Therapy on Cardiac Outcomes in Noonan Syndrome: Long Term Follow-up Results

Sirmen Kızılcan Çetin et al. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. .

Abstract

Objective: Cardiac involvement is common in Noonan syndrome (NS). Concerns have been raised regarding the effect of recombinant growth hormone (rGH) use on ventricular wall thickness and a possible increased risk of cardiac side effects. This study aimed to investigate the effect of rGH on the development of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and other cardiac findings in NS.

Methods: Patients under the age of 18 years and diagnosed with NS according to the Van der Burgt criteria, were included. Patients were divided into two groups according to those receiving rGH or not at the time of obtaining cardiac measurements. Before and after the treatment, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic (ECHO) assessments were made, including interventricular septal thickness, left ventricular internal diameter, and left ventricular posterior thickness. Results were expressed as Z scores.

Results: Twenty-four NS subjects (16 boys, eight girls) were included. At the beginning of the follow up, the overall height standard deviation score was -2.56±0.94. Sixteen were on rGH. The mean rGH treatment duration was 8.3±3.8 years, and the mean dose was 0.22±0.04 mg/kg/week. The final height was 169±8.2 cm, and 10 of 11 patients who reached the final height received rGH. There was no difference between the rGH and non-rGH groups in terms of ECHO parameters pre-and post-treatment.

Conclusion: In this cohort, there was no change in ECHO parameters on rGH and during follow-up. These results suggest that rGH is safe in NS patients with cardiac pathology under close follow-up.

Keywords: Noonan syndrome; Recombinant growth hormone therapy; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; left ventricular dimension.

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Figure 1
ΔHeight SDS gain in all, the rGH group, and the non-rGH group according to data by Neyzi et al. (17) (left graph) and data by Ranke et al. (2) (right graph) SDS: standard deviation score, BMI: body mass index, rGH: recombinant growth hormone therapy
Figure 2
Figure 2
Distribution of cardiac pathologies CMP: cardiomyopathy
Figure 3
Figure 3
Z score of echocardiography parameters in all groups during follow-up IVSed: interventricular septal thickness in diastole LVIDed: left ventricular internal end-diastolic diameter, LVIDes: left ventricular internal end-systolic diameter, LVPWed: left ventricular posterior wall thickness in end-diastole, GH: growth hormone
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