Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: We investigated short-term influence of thyroxin replacement therapy on blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular status in patients with first identified primary hypothyroidism (PH) and earlier diagnosed arterial hypertension (AH).Methods: 52 patients with PH and AH were observed twice: prior to replacement therapy and after reaching euthyroid status. All patients underwent daily BP monitoring, echocardiography, and high frequency ultrasound ...