Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid dysfunction is common affecting 5–10% of the adult population. Cardiovascular disease, including acute myocardial infarction (AMI), has been suggested as one of the adverse outcomes of thyroid disease. Furthermore, individuals with thyroid dysfunction at the time of AMI have worse outcomes. Despite this, there is scarce data on the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in patients with AMI. We conducted a prospective observational multi-cen...

Introduction: Thyroid dysfunction is common affecting 5–10% of the adult population. Cardiovascular disease, including acute myocardial infarction (AMI), has been suggested as one of the adverse outcomes of thyroid disease. Furthermore, individuals with thyroid dysfunction at the time of AMI have worse outcomes. Despite this, there is scarce data on the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in patients with AMI. We conducted a prospective observational multi-cen...

Introduction: Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is recognised as an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Low number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPC), defined as mononuclear cells, expressing endothelial (vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, VEGFR-2) and stem cell (CD-34, CD-133) markers is associated with CVD. Our aim was to identify whether reduced EPC number might contribute to increased CV risk in subclinical and overt hypothyroidism (Hy)...