What is Known: •Long-term prognosis in survivors of craniopharyngioma is impaired by obesity and cardiovascular disease. •Associations between echocardiographic findings and clinical and anthropometric parameters after craniopharyngioma are not yet analyzed. | |
What is New: •In patients with childhood-onset craniopharyngioma, cardiac remodeling was associated with hypothalamic obesity, duration of disease, male gender sex hormone replacement, and insulin resistance. •Due to reduced echocardiographic sensitivity caused by obesity-related technical limitations, more sensitive cardiac diagnostics should be considered. |