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Cardiothyreosis: Epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic approach.
Clin Med Insights Cardiol
January 2023
Department of Endocrinology Diabetology, Hedi Chaker hospital, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Introduction: Cardiothyreosis corresponds to the cellular effects of free thyroid hormones on the vascular wall and the myocardium. We aim to describe the clinical, para-clinical and therapeutic aspects of cardiothyreosis and to detail prognostic factors.
Methods: We conducted a descriptive retrospective study at the Endocrinology-Diabetology Department of the Hedi Chaker University Hospital in Sfax-Tunisia.
[Cardiac abnormalities associated with hyperthyroidism: clinical, structural and rhythmic study].
Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris)
April 2023
Department of Endocrinology, University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, La Rabta Hospital, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia.
Introduction: The prevalence and nature of cardiac complications associated with hyperthyroidism vary considerably in the literature depending on the population studied and the means of investigation used to detect them. The aim of this study was to determine the structural, functional, and rhythmic cardiac abnormalities associated with hyperthyroidism and to identify their risk factors.
Methods: It is a cross-sectional study conducted in thirty adult patients with overt or subclinical hyperthyroidism.
[Epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic and evolutive aspects of Basedow-Graves disease in the Depatment of Internal Medicine at CHU Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar (Senegal)].
Pan Afr Med J
March 2017
Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal.
Article Synopsis
- * A study in Dakar analyzed 108 out of 834 patients treated for Basedow-Graves disease between 2010 and 2013, noting a predominance of women and average patient age of 34.6 years, with common symptoms including palpitations and weight loss.
- * While most patients responded to antithyroid medications, a high recurrence rate (57%) and complications like cardiothyreosis were observed, suggesting that surgery is not the preferred first treatment option.
[Cardiothyreosis at the University Hospital of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso].
Pan Afr Med J
August 2012
Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Souro Sanou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
[Problems in the management of thyrotoxicosis in Black Africa: the Tongolese experience].
Ann Endocrinol (Paris)
December 2001
CHU de Tokoin, Service de médecine interne BP 57 Lomé-Togo, France.
In black Africa, and particularly in Togo, management of thyreotoxicosis is not simple. The intervention of several specialists and effective patient collaboration is needed. In a majority of cases, the patient's apprehensions, financial problems, and taboos prevent correct management.
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