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Resultados de la tiroidectomía total en el tratamiento del hipertiroidismo

INTRODUCCIÓN: En el tratamiento del hipertiroidismo se recurre a la cirugía en casos de bocio grande, fracaso del tratamiento médico o indicación social de tratamiento definitivo. OBJETIVO: Analizar los resultados en cuanto a función tiroidea del tratamiento del hipertiroidismo mediante tiroidectom...

Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction was not Associated with Cardiac Arrhythmias in a Cross-Sectional Analysis of the ELSA-Brasil Study

Arq. bras. cardiol; 112 (6), 2019
Abstract Background: The association of subclinical thyroid dysfunction (STD) with cardiac arrhythmias remains controversial, particularly in the non-elderly population. Objective: To investigate whether STD was associated with cardiac arrhythmias in a cohort of middle-aged and older adults. Methods: ...

Arterial stiffness in hyperthyroid patients is deteriorated due to thyroid hormones

ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate and compare arterial stiffness, which is an independent risk indicator for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), between patients with overt hyperthyroidism, subclinical hyperthyroidism, euthyroidism by antithyroid therapy and healthy volunteers with pul...

Assessment of hormonal activity in patients with premature ejaculation

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose Premature ejaculation is considered the most common type of male sexual dysfunction. Hormonal controls of ejaculation have not been exactly elucidated. The aim of our study is to investigate the role of hormonal factors in patients with premature ejaculation. Materials and Methods Sixt...

Functional Effects of Hyperthyroidism on Cardiac Papillary Muscle in Rats

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (6), 2016
Abstract Background: Hyperthyroidism is currently recognized to affect the cardiovascular system, leading to a series of molecular and functional changes. However, little is known about the functional influence of hyperthyroidism in the regulation of cytoplasmic calcium and on the sodium/calcium exchang...

Prevalencia de disfunción tiroidea en pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2
Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (6), 2016
La diabetes mellitus (DM) y la disfunción tiroidea (DT) son dos frecuentes desórdenes endocrinos. La DT subclínica no reconocida puede afectar adversamente el control metabólico y aumentar el riesgo cardiovascular. Nuestro objetivo fue determinar la prevalencia de DT en pacientes con diabetes mellitu...

Does low serum TSH within the normal range have negative impact on physical exercise capacity and quality of life of healthy elderly people?

Objective Investigate the differences in cardiopulmonary (CP) capacity and Quality of Life (QOL) between healthy elderly (≥ 65 years) with different TSH levels (< 1.0 and ≥ 1.0 μIU/mL) both within the normal range. Also, evaluate the effects of TSH elevation on CP test and QOL, by ad...

Hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis in thyroid dysfunction

West Indian med. j; 62 (9), 2013
BACKGROUND: It has been established that thyroid dysfunction causes impairment of reproductive function. However, laboratory and human studies that associated this with female reproductive hormones are conflicting and data reporting the effects of thyroid dysfunction on reproductive organs are insufficie...

Consideraçöes sobre a conduta atual frente às disfunçöes tireoidianas
Considerations about actual conduct in front of thyroid dysfunctions

J. bras. med; 81 (2), 2001
O autor faz uma síntese dos aspectos clínicos que levam ao diagnóstico do hipertireoidismo e do hipotireoidismo, destacando ainda os exames complementares e suas respectivas indicações para confirmação diagnóstica das enfermidades. Destaca, em seguida, a conduta terapêutica atual adotada no trat...

Alteraçöes somáticas, hereditárias ou congênitas de funçäo tiróidea associadas a mutaçöes no receptor de TSH
Hereditary or congenital somatic changes of the thyroid function associated to mutation in the TSH receptor

As mutaçoes no receptor de TSH condicionam dois tipos de resposta fenótípica com quadro de hipotireoidismo/eutireoidismo (resistência da célula folicular ao TSH) ou hipertireoidismo (adenoma tóxico, tireotoxicose familiar ou congênita). Na ausência de resposta da célula tireóidea ao TSH nao há...