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Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular function in thyrotoxicosis and implications for the therapeutics of thyrotoxic cardiac disease

INTRODUCTION: Thyrotoxicosis is an endocrine disorder with prominent cardiovascular manifestations. Thyroid hormone acts through genomic and non-genomic mechanisms to regulate cardiac function. Echocardiography is a useful, non-invasive, easily accessible, and affordable tool for studying the struct...

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Autores principales: Anakwue, Raphael C, Onwubere, Basden J, Ikeh, Vincent, Anisiuba, Benedict, Ike, Samuel, Anakwue, Angel-Mary C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4332259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709461
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S68752