Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0032p1002 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2013

Diagnosis of hypothyroidism is associated to an increased risk of acute decompensated heart failure occurrence, but not of mortality among heart failure outpatients

Triggiani Vincenzo , Iacoviello Massimo , Puzzovivo Agata , Antoncecchi Valeria , Angelo Giagulli Vito , Guastamacchia Edoardo , Favale Stefano

It has been demonstrated that hypothryoidism could affect the prognosis of patients with cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to better clarify the prognostic role of hypothyroidism in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).We enrolled 384 consecutive outpatients (65±13 years, 296 males, NYHA 2.3±0.6, left ventricular ejection fraction, LVEF, 32±9%) with CHF (ESC criteria), in stable clinical conditions (at least 30 days) a...

ea0022p751 | Thyroid | ECE2010

Role of hypothyroidism in predicting a worse prognosis of heart failure outpatients treated with amiodarone

Triggiani Vincenzo , Iacoviello Massimo , Guastamacchia Edoardo , Guida Pietro , Forleo Cinzia , Puzzovivo Agata , Tafaro Emilio , Favale Stefano

Amiodarone, an iodine-containing antiarrhythmic drug frequently used in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients, is often the cause of primary hypothyroidism. It has not been well investigated, however, whether its use could lead to a poor prognosis in these patients by inducing and/or worsening thyroid function. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of hypothyroidism detection in CHF outpatients treated with amiodarone. Out of 355 patients affected by...