A fast end to a slow disease
Severe untreated hypothyroidism has been shown to affect cardiovascular function. While there have been a few reports of life-threatening arrhythmias occurring as a direct result of the hypothyroid state, very few cases of cardiac arrest have been reported in the literature. We report one such case...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214624518300261 |
| Summary: | Severe untreated hypothyroidism has been shown to affect cardiovascular function. While there have been a few reports of life-threatening arrhythmias occurring as a direct result of the hypothyroid state, very few cases of cardiac arrest have been reported in the literature. We report one such case of a middle-aged man who suffered a cardiac arrest that was attributed to severe untreated hypothyroidism. Keywords: Myxedema coma, Hypothyroidism, Cardiac arrest, Prolonged QTc |
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| ISSN: | 2214-6245 |