Long-Term Outcome in Patients With Heart Failure Treated With Levothyroxine: An Observational Nationwide Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Mette Nygaard Einfeldt,
AnneMarie Schjerning Olsen,
Søren Lund Kristensen,
Usman Khalid,
Jens Faber,
Christian TorpPedersen,
Gunnar Gislason,
Christian Selmer
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2018-01604
Subject(s) - medicine , levothyroxine , mace , interquartile range , myocardial infarction , heart failure , retrospective cohort study , rate ratio , cohort study , hazard ratio , cohort , confidence interval , percutaneous coronary intervention , thyroid
Hypothyroidism has detrimental effects on the cardiovascular system, but controversy remains concerning the benefits of levothyroxine (L-T4) substitution in patients with heart failure (HF).
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