ACTIVE MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE IN HYPERTHYROIDISM - A CONCURRENT MECHANISM OF HEART-FAILURE REVERSED BY TREATMENT

Authors
MARTI V BALLESTER M OBRADOR D MOYA C CARRIO I PONSLLADO G
Citation
V. Marti et al., ACTIVE MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE IN HYPERTHYROIDISM - A CONCURRENT MECHANISM OF HEART-FAILURE REVERSED BY TREATMENT, European heart journal, 16(7), 1995, pp. 1014-1016
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
European heart journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0195668X
Volume
16
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1014 - 1016
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-668X(1995)16:7<1014:AMDIH->2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A patient with hyperthyroidism, heart failure, and depressed ejection fraction, in whom myocardial damage was evidenced by In-111-labelled m onoclonal antimyosin antibodies, is presented. Both myocardial damage and left ventricular dysfunction disappeared after antithyroid therapy . This suggests that, in addition to volume overload, heart failure in hyperthyroidism could be also due to the presence of potentially reve rsible concurrent myocardial damage.