Treatment of type II amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis by either iopanoic acid or glucocorticoids: A prospective, randomized study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1999-2002

  Bogazzi, Fausto ^a   Bartalena, Luigi ^b   Cosci, Chiara ^a   Brogioni, Sandra ^a   Dell'Unto, Enrica ^a   Grasso, Lucia ^a   Aghini Lombardi, Fabrizio ^a   Rossi, Giuseppe ^c   Pinchera, Aldo ^a   Braverman, Lewis E ^d   Martino, Enio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; IOPANOIC ACID; LIOTHYRONINE; PREDNISOLONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID THERAPY; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IOPANOIC ACID; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0038185192     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021874     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Reiffel JA, Estes III NA, Waldo AL, Prystowsky EN, Di Bianco R 1994 A consensus report on antiarrhythmic drug use. Clin Cardiol 17:103-116
2. Doval HC, Nul DR, Grancelli HO, Perrone SV, Bortman GR, Curiel R 1994 Randomized trial of low-dose amiodarone in severe congestive heart failure. Lancet 344:493-498
3. Bogazzi F, Bartalena L, Brogioni S, Burelli A, Grasso L, Dell'Unto E, Manetti L, Martino E 1997 L-thyroxine directly affects expression of thyroid hormone-sensitive genes: regulatory effect of RXRb. Mol Cell Endocrinol 134:23-31
4. Martino E, Bartalena L, Bogazzi F, Braverman LE 2001 Amiodarone and the thyroid. Endocr Rev 22:240-254
5. Bogazzi F, Bartalena L, Braverman LE, Martino E 2001 The various effetcs of amiodarone on thyroid function. Thyroid 11:511-519
6. Bartalena L, Brogioni S, Grasso L, Bogazzi F, Burelli A, Martino E 1996 Treatment of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis, a difficult challenge: results from a prospective study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 81:2930-2933
7. Bartalena L, Bogazzi F, Martino E 2002 Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis: a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Clin Endocrinol 56:23-24
8. Burgi H, Winpfheimer C, Buerger A, Zaunbauer W, Rosler H, Lemarchand-Beraud T 1976 Changes of circulating thyroxine, triiodothyronine, and reverse triioctothyronine after radiocontrast agents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 43:1203-1210
9. Wu SY, Chopra IJ, Solomon DH, Bennett LR 1978 Changes in circulating iodothyronines in euthyroid and hyperthyroid subjects given ipodate (Oragrafin), an agent for oral cholecystography. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 46:691-697
10. Braga M, Cooper DS 2001 Oral cholecystographic agents and the thyroid. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 86:1853-1860
11. Wang Y, Tsou C, Lin W, Hershman J 1987 Long-term treatment of Graves' disease with iopanoic acid (Telepaque). J Clin Endocrinol Metab 65:679-682
12. Martino E, Balzano S, Bartalena L, Loviselli A, Sica V, Petrini L, Grasso L, Piga M, Braverman LE 1991 Therapy of Graves' disease with sodium ipodate is associated with a high recurrence rate of hyperthyroidsm. J Endocrinol Invest 14:847-851
13. Farwell AP, Abend S, Braverman LE, Emerson CH 1990 Thyroidectomy for amiodarone induced thyrotoxicosis. JAMA 263:1526-1528
14. Chopra IJ, Baber K 2001 Use of oral cholecystographic agents in the treatment of amiodarone-induced hyperthyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 86:4707-4710
15. Bogazzi F, Aghini-Lombardi F, Cosci C, Lupi I, Santini F, Tanda ML, Miccoli P, Basolo F, Pinchera A, Bartalena L, Braverman LE, Martino E 2002 Iopanoic acid rapidly controls type I amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis prior to thyrodectomy. J Endocrinol Invest 25:176-180
16. Bogazzi F, Bartalena L, Brogioni S, Mazzeo S, Vitti P, Burelli A, Bartolozzi C, Martino E 1997 Color flow Doppler sonography rapidly differentiates type I and type II amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis. Thyroid 7:541-545
17. Rago T, Chiovato L, Aghini-Lombardi F, Grasso L, Pinchera A, Vitti P 2001 Non-palpable thyroid nodules in a borderline iodine sufficient area: detection by ultrasonography and follow-up. J Endocrinol Invest 24:770-776
18. Trip MD, Wiersinga W 1991 Incidence, predictability, and pathogenesis of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis and hypothyroidism. Am J Med 91:507-511
19. Martino E, Aghini-Lombardi F, Bartalena L, Grasso L, Loviselli A, Velluzzi F, Pinchera A, Braverman LE 1994 Enhanced susceptibility to amiodarone-induced hypothyroidism in patients with thyroid autoimmune disease. Arch Intern Med 154:2722-2726
20. Martino E, Safran M, Aghini-Lombardi, Rajatanavin R, Lenziardi M, Fay M, Pacchiarotti A, Aronin A, Macchia E, Haffajee C, Baschieri L, Pinchera A, Barverman LE 1984 Environmental iodine intake and thyroid dysfunction during chronic amiodarone therapy. Ann Intern Med 101:28-34
21. Williams M, Lo Gerfo P 2002 Thyroidectomy using local anesthesia in critically ill patients with amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis: a review and description of the technique. Thyroid 12:523-525
22. Laurberg P 1985 Multisite inhibition by ipodate of iodothyronine secretion from perfused dog thyroid lobes. Endocrinology 117:1639-1644
23. Arem R, Munipalli B 1996 Ipodate therapy in patients with severe destruction-induced thyrotoxicosis. Arch Intern Med 156:1752-1757
24. Eaton SEM, Euinton HA, Newman CM, Weetman AP, Bennet WM 2002 Clinical experience of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis over a 3-year period: role of colour-flow Doppler sonograpghy. Clin Endocrinol 56:33-38
25. Roti E, Colnjani R, Braverman LE 1997 Adverse effects of iodine on the thyroid. The Endocrinologist 7:245-254
26. Klenmann RE, Vagenakis AG, Braverman LE 1980 The effect of iopanoic acid on the regulation of thyrotropin secretion in euthyroid subjects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 51:399-403
27. Roti E, Minelli R, Gardini E, Bianconi L, Braverman LE 1993 Thyrotoxicosis followed by hypothyroidism in patients treated with amiodarone. Arch Intern Med 153:886-892