Volume 25, Issue 110, April, 2021

A case of hypothyroidism presenting as dilated cardiomyopathy

Hao Thai Phan^1♦, Hanh Le Minh Doan²

¹Internal medicine department, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Vietnam; Email: phanthaihao@yahoo.com
²Internal medicine department, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Vietnam; Email: hanhdlm@pnt.edu.vn

^♦Corresponding author
Internal medicine department, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Vietnam; Email: phanthaihao@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Thyroid disorders including hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism may affect the cardiac function. In particular, inadequately treated hypothyroidism can cause diastolic and systolic dysfunction. Dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition that causes a decrease in the systolic function of the heart, is a rare manifestation of hypothyroidism, reversible with thyroid hormone therapy. We report a clinical case of reversible hypothyroidism induced dilated cardiomyopathy.

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy, Dilated cardiomyopathy, Hypothyroidism

Medical Science, 2021, 25(110), 776-780

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