| Thyroid hormone patterns in elderly patients undergoing elective coronary procedures. | |
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PMID: 21434484 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Thyroid dysfunction is common in the elderly. We sought to explore thyroid hormone patterns in a series of elderly patients undergoing elective coronary procedures and their relation to the extent of coronary artery disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We enrolled 81 consecutive elderly patients admitted to undergo elective diagnostic or interventional coronary procedures. Samples were collected for assay of free thyroxin, free tri-iodothyronine, thyroid stimulating hormone, anti-thyroglobulin and anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies. According to the number of coronary arteries affected by significant stenosis (> or = 70% luminal obstruction), we classified patients into a group with insignificant coronary disease, another with single vessel disease, and a third group with multi-vessel disease. RESULTS: Forty one (50.6%) patients were euthyroid, two patients (2.5%) had subclinical hypothyroidism, and 12 (14.8%) had clinical hypothyroidism. Yet, neither subclinical nor clinical hypothyroidism was statistically different among the 3 groups, (p > 0.05 for both). Additionally, 3 patients (3.7%) had subclinical, and 2 (2.5%) had clinical hyperthyroidism. Finally, 21 patients (25.9%) had sick euthyroid syndrome. Again, all were statistically similar between the study groups, (p > 0.5 for all). Similarly, both anti-thyroglobulin antibodies and anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies were statistically similar among the 3 groups (p > 0.05 for both). CONCLUSION: Thyroid hormone disturbances are quite frequent in elderly patients undergoing elective coronary procedures, chiefly in the form of a hypothyroid state. These data do not support that thyroid hormone patterns relate to the extent of coronary artery disease in the elderly. |
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W Nammas; M Mostafa; I Sabry; M Abdel-Aziz; H Kabil |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: European review for medical and pharmacological sciences Volume: 15 ISSN: 1128-3602 ISO Abbreviation: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-03-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9717360 Medline TA: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci Country: Italy |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 175-80 Citation Subset: IM |
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Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt. wnammas@hotmail.com |
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