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Second degree AV block and severely impaired contractility in cardiac myxedema: a case report

The heart is a major target organ for thyroid hormone action. Severe overt hypothyroidism can result in diastolic hypertension, lowered cardiac output, impaired left ventricular contractility and diastolic relaxation, pericardial effusion and bradycardia. However, the function of the atrial pacemake...

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Autores principales: Chatzitomaris, Apostolos, Scheeler, Michael, Gotzmann, Michael, Köditz, Roland, Schildroth, Janice, Knyhala, Kathy Miriam, Nicolas, Volkmar, Heyer, Christoph, Mügge, Andreas, Klein, Harald H., Dietrich, Johannes W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4440534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26000037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13044-015-0018-2