Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To evaluate the prognostic value of interleukin-8 studies in the development of thyrotoxic cardiomyopathy in patients with Graves’ disease.Materials and methods: 86 patients with newly diagnosed Graves’ disease were examined, aged 18 to 55 years (mean age 37 years [28; 45]) without previous cardiovascular events. All patients were analyzed by interleukin-8 by immuno-enzyme analysis. To determine the threshold value for Interleukin-8,...