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Heart 2004;90:829-830; doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.031492
Copyright © 2004 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society
Heart 2004;90:829-830
© 2004 by BMJ Publishing Group & British Cardiac Society

EDITORIAL

Glucocorticoid treatment and cardiovascular disease

M K C Ng* and D S Celermajer*

Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor David S Celermajer
Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia; david.celermajer{at}email.cs.nsw.gov.au

ABSTRACT

The propensity of glucocorticoids to produce hyperglycaemia, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and central obesity has long been a cause for concern among physicians regarding possible adverse cardiovascular events. Should heart failure be added to this list of concerns?

Keywords: glucocorticoids; hyperglycaemia; hypertension; dyslipidaemia; heart failure


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