Amiodarone-Induced Hypothyroidism Presenting as Cardiorenal Syndrome

Here we present the case of a 90-year-old man with chronic heart and renal failure who was admitted with what appeared to be a simple heart failure exacerbation. However, further investigation led to the diagnosis of profound amiodarone-induced hypothyroidism as the cause of his acute decompensation...

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Autores principales: Hardegree, Evan L., Albright, Robert C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4007789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24826234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/161450
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description Here we present the case of a 90-year-old man with chronic heart and renal failure who was admitted with what appeared to be a simple heart failure exacerbation. However, further investigation led to the diagnosis of profound amiodarone-induced hypothyroidism as the cause of his acute decompensation, highlighting the importance of a broad differential diagnosis and thorough investigation.
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spelling pubmed-40077892014-05-13 Amiodarone-Induced Hypothyroidism Presenting as Cardiorenal Syndrome Hardegree, Evan L. Albright, Robert C. Case Rep Cardiol Case Report Here we present the case of a 90-year-old man with chronic heart and renal failure who was admitted with what appeared to be a simple heart failure exacerbation. However, further investigation led to the diagnosis of profound amiodarone-induced hypothyroidism as the cause of his acute decompensation, highlighting the importance of a broad differential diagnosis and thorough investigation. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4007789/ /pubmed/24826234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/161450 Text en Copyright © 2012 E. L. Hardegree and R. C. Albright. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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