[Hypothyroid dilated cardiomyopathy]. / Myocardiopathie dilatée d'origine myxoedémateuse.
Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris)
; 53(4): 217-20, 2004 Jul.
Article
in Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15369318
ABSTRACT
Most patients with dilated cardiomyopathy have a poor prognosis due to progressive and irreversible myocardial dysfunction. Rarely, is a metabolic etiology responsive to specific therapy identified. Although many studies have confirmed that thyroid hormone deficiency is associated with a reversible decrease in myocardial contractility, it has remained controversial whether hypothyroidism alone can cause a dilated cardiomyopathy and clinical heart failure. In this study, we report the case of a patient with severe hypothyroidism and a dilated cardiomyopathy complicated by heart failure, which has receded after recovery to euthyroidism with L-thyroxin therapy. This case suggests that hypothyroidism should be evoked systematically when a dilated cardiomyopathy is diagnosed.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
/
Myxedema
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
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Male
/
Middle aged
Language:
Fr
Journal:
Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris)
Year:
2004
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Tunisia