Figure 3.

Serial measurements of waist-to-hip ratio and from echocardiography before and after adrenalectomy. The patient's waist-to-hip ratio was periodically assessed and was found to be gradually decreased at 5, 17 and 43 months after adrenalectomy (A). Follow-up examinations showed significant regression of the LV mass index (closed circles) and relative wall thickness (open circles) (B), improvement of mid-wall fractional shortening (C) and recovery of the E/A ratio (closed circles) and reduction of the E-wave deceleration time (open circles) (D) at 8, 23 and 43 months after the surgery.