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ReviewCardiology research and practice2017

Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Its Association with Increased Cardiovascular Mortality.

Alvaro Altamirano Ufion, Beenish Zulfiqar, Abdalla Hassan, Roshanak Habibi, Prajwal Boddu

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Review in Cardiology research and practice, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Alvaro Altamirano UfionDepartment of Internal Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4242-2776
Beenish ZulfiqarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.
Abdalla HassanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.
Roshanak HabibiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL 60202, USA.
Prajwal BodduUniversity of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4594-1704

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid hormones play an important role in regulating different metabolism functions and multiple organs' performance. Changes in the thyroid hormone axis can lead to profound effects on the stability of vital organs and systems, especially the cardiovascular system. Hypothyroidism is classified according to the clinical presentation as overt and subclinical. There is some evidence supporting the benefits of thyroxine hormone replacement for subclinical hypothyroidism on cardiovascular mortality outcomes. However, the clinical relevance of measuring and treating high thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in newly diagnosed heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction requires further study. In this report, we review the current evidence regarding the prognostic significance of subclinical hypothyroidism in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction.

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PMID29170719
PMCPMC5467346

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