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3177963

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
Serum total thyroxine, triiodothyronine, and thyrotropin response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH-TSH test) were measured in 126 consecutive patients admitted with atrial fibrillation: 33 patients with an acute arterial limb embolism (Group I), 31 patients with an acute embolic stroke (Group II), and 62 patients without any arterial occlusion (Group III). A blunted TRH-TSH test, suggestive of thyrotoxicosis, was found in 5 patients in Group I, 8 patients in Group II, and 2 patients in Group III. The diagnosis of hyperthyroidism was confirmed in 8 patients (by repeated TRH-TSH test and scintigraphy): 4 patients in Group I (12.1%) and 4 patients in Group II (12.9%). All of them had a nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Thyrotoxicosis should not be recognized in 6 of them if TRH-TSH test was not performed, because peripheral hormone levels were normal. Five of these 8 patients with thyrotoxicosis had reversion to sinus rhythm after treatment with carbimazole, either spontaneously or after cardioversion. This outcome prevented prolongation of anticoagulant therapy for an indefinite time.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0003-3197
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
981-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Occult thyrotoxicosis in patients with atrial fibrillation and an acute arterial embolism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Hospital de Badalona Germans Trias i Pujol, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study