Shortness of breath and lower limb edema in a 54-year-old woman, is there any cure?
Introduction: Pulmonary hypertension is common among patients with hyperthyroidism, and Graves’ disease constitutes the most common cause of thyrotoxicosis. Case Presentation: We report the case of a female patient admitted to the cardiology department with shortness of breath and pretibial myxedema...
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| author | Alexandra Frogoudaki Andreas S Triantafyllis Evangeline Vassilatou Charalampos Tsamakis Achilles Zacharoulis John Lekakis |
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| description | Introduction: Pulmonary hypertension is common among patients with hyperthyroidism, and Graves’ disease constitutes the most common cause of thyrotoxicosis.
Case Presentation: We report the case of a female patient admitted to the cardiology department with shortness of breath and pretibial myxedema. The diagnostic work-up revealed combined pre- and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension due to Graves’ disease superimposed on left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. Restoration of thyroid function led to normalization of the pulmonary pressure and symptom resolution.
Conclusions: Thyroid disease is a cause of reversible pulmonary hypertension and thus should be appropriately considered in the diagnostic algorithm in patients with dyspnea, clinical signs of hyperthyroidism and elevated pulmonary pressure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3df4a48120384b6a9502f864147d72dc2022-12-22T03:15:51ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsResearch in Cardiovascular Medicine2251-95722251-95802016-01-01512210.5812/cardiovascmed.30549Shortness of breath and lower limb edema in a 54-year-old woman, is there any cure?Alexandra FrogoudakiAndreas S TriantafyllisEvangeline VassilatouCharalampos TsamakisAchilles ZacharoulisJohn LekakisIntroduction: Pulmonary hypertension is common among patients with hyperthyroidism, and Graves’ disease constitutes the most common cause of thyrotoxicosis. Case Presentation: We report the case of a female patient admitted to the cardiology department with shortness of breath and pretibial myxedema. The diagnostic work-up revealed combined pre- and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension due to Graves’ disease superimposed on left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. Restoration of thyroid function led to normalization of the pulmonary pressure and symptom resolution. Conclusions: Thyroid disease is a cause of reversible pulmonary hypertension and thus should be appropriately considered in the diagnostic algorithm in patients with dyspnea, clinical signs of hyperthyroidism and elevated pulmonary pressure.http://www.rcvmonline.com/article.asp?issn=2251-9572;year=2016;volume=5;issue=1;spage=2;epage=2;aulast=Frogoudaki;type=0Dyspnea; Myxedema; Hypertension |
| spellingShingle | Alexandra Frogoudaki Andreas S Triantafyllis Evangeline Vassilatou Charalampos Tsamakis Achilles Zacharoulis John Lekakis Shortness of breath and lower limb edema in a 54-year-old woman, is there any cure? Research in Cardiovascular Medicine Dyspnea; Myxedema; Hypertension |
| title | Shortness of breath and lower limb edema in a 54-year-old woman, is there any cure? |
| title_full | Shortness of breath and lower limb edema in a 54-year-old woman, is there any cure? |
| title_fullStr | Shortness of breath and lower limb edema in a 54-year-old woman, is there any cure? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shortness of breath and lower limb edema in a 54-year-old woman, is there any cure? |
| title_short | Shortness of breath and lower limb edema in a 54-year-old woman, is there any cure? |
| title_sort | shortness of breath and lower limb edema in a 54 year old woman is there any cure |
| topic | Dyspnea; Myxedema; Hypertension |
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