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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2024

Decompensated Heart Failure Secondary to Hypopituitarism in an Elderly Patient.

Yumiko Yoshino, Yoshihiro Harano, Toshiro Shibata, Junko Shiroko

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yumiko YoshinoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Takayama Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Yoshihiro HaranoDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gifu Heart Center, Japan.
Toshiro ShibataDepartment of Internal Medicine, Takayama Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Junko ShirokoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Takayama Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Takayama Red Cross Hospital · JPGifu Heart Center · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypopituitarism is difficult to diagnose because of its non-specific symptoms, especially in the presence of comorbidities. A 77-year-old woman with worsening anorexia and exertional dyspnea was initially diagnosed with decompensated dry cold-type heart failure. Hormonal laboratory tests indicated secondary hypothyroidism as a part of the evaluation of heart failure. Furthermore, pituitary magnetic resonance imaging revealed thickening of the pituitary stalk and a loss of signal intensity in the posterior pituitary, thus suggesting lymphocytic hypophysitis. Oral hydrocortisone and levothyroxine improved the persistent anorexia. In this case, hypopituitarism occasionally presented as dry cold-type heart failure, thus making a prompt diagnosis challenging in the setting of concurrent heart failure.

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Heart FailureHypopituitarismAgedFemaleHumansHydrocortisoneMagnetic Resonance ImagingThyroxineHydrocortisoneThyroxineheart failurehypopituitarismlymphocytic hypophysitissecondary hypothyroidism

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PMID38658338
PMCPMC11729173
OpenAlexW4395017973

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