Total thyroidectomy for amiodarone-associated thyrotoxicosis in patients with severe cardiac disease

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1957-1961

  Gough, Jenny ^a   Gough, Ian R ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CALCIUM; CARBIMAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 33750463778     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0673-x     Document Type: Review

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