Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality after treatment of hyperthyroidism with either radioactive iodine or thyroidectomy.

CONCLUSIONS Hyperthyroidism increases the risk of CVD-related hospitalization, and the risk is sustained for up to two decades after treatment with RAI or surgery. Hyperthyroid patients treated with RAI remain at a higher CVD risk compared to patients treated with thyroidectomy. Hypothyroidism during the follow-up, however, predicts better cardiovascular outcome. PMID: 29882483 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research