Long-term Outcome in Levothyroxine Treated Patients with Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Concomitant Heart Disease.

CONCLUSION: Levothyroxine treatment in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism and heart disease was not associated with a significant benefit nor risk of all-cause mortality, MACE or hospital admission in this large real-world cohort study. PMID: 27571183 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - August 28, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Andersen MN, Olsen AS, Madsen JC, Kristensen SL, Faber J, Torp-Pedersen C, Gislason GH, Selmer C Tags: J Clin Endocrinol Metab Source Type: research