Endocrine Abstracts

Objective of the study: To examine risk factors for thyrotoxic cardiomyopathy (ThC).Methods: In retrospective study (1975 to 2003) 272 patients aged 54 [43; 62] years with different forms of toxic goiter in combination with cardiac rhythm disturbances with or without heart failure (HF) were included. Atrial fibrillation (AF) and/or atrial flutter and/or ventricular premature beats accompanied with HF were diagnosed in 80.5% (219/272) patients (group 1), ...