Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in young patients with subclinical hypothyroidism: To screen or not to screen? To treat or not to treat?

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jul 1:214:299-300. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.217. Epub 2016 Apr 6.

Authors

Marco Zuin¹, Fiorenzo Scaranello², Gianluca Rigatelli³, Claudio Picariello¹, Loris Roncon⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.
² Department of Radiology, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.
³ Section of Adult Congenital and Adult Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Endoluminal Interventions, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy. Electronic address: roncon.loris@azisanrovigo.it.

PMID: 27082777
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.217

No abstract available

Keywords: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction; Subclinical hypothyroidism; Transthoracic echocardiography.

MeSH terms

Echocardiography
Humans
Hypothyroidism / diagnostic imaging
Hypothyroidism / physiopathology*
Hypothyroidism / therapy
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy
Young Adult