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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021

Thyroid Hormones-An Underestimated Player in Dilated Cardiomyopathy?

Karolina Zawadzka, Radosław Dziedzic, Andrzej Surdacki, Bernadeta Chyrchel

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Revisiting Secondary Dilative Cardiomyopathy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  5. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2023
    Article
  6. Generalized pitting edema in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to hypothyroidism.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karolina ZawadzkaStudents' Scientific Group at the Second Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 2 Jakubowskiego Street, 30-688 Cracow, Poland.
Radosław DziedzicStudents' Scientific Group at the Second Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 2 Jakubowskiego Street, 30-688 Cracow, Poland.
Andrzej SurdackiSecond Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 2 Jakubowskiego Street, 30-688 Cracow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7949-3140
Bernadeta ChyrchelSecond Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 2 Jakubowskiego Street, 30-688 Cracow, Poland.
Jagiellonian University · PL

Funding

Uniwersytet Jagielloński Collegium Medicum not yet assigned
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most prevalent cardiomyopathy, typified by left ventricular dilation and systolic dysfunction. Many patients with DCM have altered thyroid status, especially lower levels of free triiodothyronine (T3) and elevated levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone. Moreover, growing evidence indicates that even subtle changes in thyroid status (especially low T3) are linked with a worse long-term prognosis and a higher risk of mortality. Notably, recent discoveries have shown that not only local myocardial thyroid hormones (THs) bioavailability could be diminished due to impaired expression of the activating deiodinase, but virtually all genes involved in TH biosynthesis are also expressed in the myocardium of DCM patients. Importantly, some studies have suggested beneficial effects of TH therapy in patients suffering from DCM. Our aim was to discuss new insights into the association between TH status and prognosis in DCM, abnormal expression of genes involved in the myocardial synthesis of TH in DCM, and the potential for TH use in the future treatment of DCM.

Indexed as

dilated cardiomyopathyprognosisthyroid hormonesthyroid statustreatment

Identifiers

PMID34441915
PMCPMC8397026
OpenAlexW3194570716

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