Assessment of subclinical left ventricular dysfunction with speckle-tracking echocardiography in hyperthyroid and euthyroid Graves' disease and its correlation with serum TIMP-1.

Conclusion: Graves' disease coexists with impaired segmental and global longitudinal strain and increased TIMP-1 levels. This coexistence seems to be independent of serum thyroid hormone levels. PMID: 31910731 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31910731?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acta Cardiologica - January 10, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Acta Cardiol Source Type: research