Hypothyroidism and Pericardial Effusion

AHMET KAYA, SERDAR KARAKÖSE, HASAN HÜSEYİN TELLİ, Ali Bayram

  • Year : 1992
  • Vol : 8
  • No : 4
  •  Page : 501-506
Hypothyroidism and Pericardial Effusion Pericardial effusion of twelıty-nine patients with hypothyroidism and myxoedema was evaluated by their electrocardiographies (ECG), chest X-rays, and echocardiographies (ECO). Twenty-four of the patients had primer and remaining 5 patients had se-condary hypothyroidism. Low voltage in 8 patients (33.33 % ), cardio-thorasic ratio (CTR) higher (han 0_5 in 10 patients (41. 66 %), and pericardial ef-fusion in 11 patients (45. 83 % ) was detected by ECG, chest X-ray, and ECO, respectively. Se-condary hypothyroidism with acute cardiac tam-ponade was found in one patient. No relution was found between hormonal levels and effusion, but the severity of rardiae effusion is related to the ageing in hypothyroidic patients.
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Hypothyroidism and Pericardial Effusion
, Vol. 8 (4)
Received : 23.10.1992, Accepted : 23.10.1992, Published Online : 23.10.2020
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