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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1988-7-11
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Eighty-two patients (60 females and 22 males) who were under treatment for hyperthyroidism at the King Saud University affiliated hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, were evaluated by M-mode and cross-sectional echocardiography for the presence of mitral valve prolapse. Sixty-seven patients (51 females and 16 males) had diffuse toxic goitre while 15 of them (9 females and 6 males) had nodular toxic goitre. The overall frequency of prolapse was 37.8% (31 of 82) and the frequency was similar for both sexes, being 38.3% in females and 36.3% in males. Prolapse was associated with both diffuse toxic goitre (overall frequency 35.8%) and nodular toxic goitre (overall frequency 46.6%); and the highest frequency was in females with nodular toxic goitre (55.5%). Out of the total of 31 patients with prolapse, early systolic and holosystolic prolapse were each present in 12 patients, while mid-to-late systolic prolapse was found in 7 patients. Cross-sectional echocardiography demonstrated prolapse in 16 cases, the M-mode was positive in 5 cases while the two methods confirmed it in 10 patients. The prevalence of prolapse of the mitral valve in otherwise healthy Saudi subjects has previously been found to be 12-15%. This study has confirmed a high frequency of prolapse in hyperthyroid patients and has demonstrated that sex, ethnic or racial origin and type of hyperthyroidism are not determinants of this association.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
May
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| pubmed:issn |
0167-5273
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
19
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
217-23
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-7-12
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3372082-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:3372082-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:3372082-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:3372082-Echocardiography,
pubmed-meshheading:3372082-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:3372082-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:3372082-Hyperthyroidism,
pubmed-meshheading:3372082-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:3372082-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:3372082-Mitral Valve Prolapse
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| pubmed:year |
1988
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Prolapse of the mitral valve in hyperthyroid patients in Saudi Arabia.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Medical Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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