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Cardiogenic shock in a patient with hypothyroid myopathy responsive only to thyroxin replacement: a case report

The effect of hypothyroidism on the cardiovascular system has been well documented. Cardiac dysfunction due to hypothyroidism manifests as both systolic and diastolic dysfunction of the heart leading to cardiac arrhythmia and congestive heart failure. Its presentation in the form of refractory hypot...

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Autores principales: Dharmasena, Sanath, Burzyantseva, Olga, Jayawardana, Suriya, Rupanagudy, Vijay A, Pathmanathan, Krishnan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20178564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-3-66