Endocrine Abstracts

Subclinical hyperthyroidism (SH) is characterised by supressed serum TSH concentration accompanied by fT3 and fT4 levels maintained within their reference ranges. The vascular endothelium as a specific target of thyroid hormones is strongly affected in hyperthyroidism. We aimed to compare the alterations of the endothelial function, haemostatic and inflammatory parameters in patients with SH in comparison with overt hyperthyroidism (OH) due to Graves’ disease and toxic no...

The aim of our study was to assess the influence of radioiodine (131I) therapy on the achievement of euthyroidism, prevention of adverse effects on the cardiovascular and prevent evolvement to overt hyperthyroidism. Material and methods: We treated 950 patients, aged 30–70 years; 87% of them were female and 13% male; 320 patients with multinodular goitre (MNG), and 630 patients with autonomous nodule (ATN). Some of the patients were treated with antithyroid drugs for 1 to...