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Sudden cardiac arrest as a rare presentation of myxedema coma: case report

Myxedema coma is a decompensated hypothyroidism which occurs due to long-standing, undiagnosed, or untreated hypothyroidism. Untreated hypothyroidism is known to affect almost all organs including the heart. It is associated with a decrease in cardiac output, stroke volume due to decreased myocardia...

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Autores principales: Salhan, Divya, Sapkota, Deepak, Verma, Prakash, Kandel, Saroj, Abdulfattah, Omar, Lixon, Antony, Zwenge, Deribe, Schmidt, Frances
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1374110