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Association of Serum Thyroxine and Atrial Fibrillation in Patients on Levothyroxine.
Mil Med
June 2024
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Brooke Army Medical Center and Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, San Antonio, TX 78234, USA.
Introduction: Excess thyroid hormone is a well-documented risk factor for the development of atrial fibrillation (AF). The purpose of the study is to assess incidence of AF in patients taking levothyroxine for hypothyroidism and correlate it with biochemical thyroid function.
Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of patients aged 18 years and older who were treated with levothyroxine.