Atrial fibrillation associated with a thyroid stimulating hormone-secreting adenoma of the pituitary gland leading to a presentation of acute cardiac decompensation: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  George, Jyothis T ^a   Thow, Jonathan C ^a   Matthews, Bruce ^b   Pye, Maurice P ^a   Jayagopal, Vijay ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; THYROTROPIN SECRETING ADENOMA; VISUAL FIELD; WHEEZING;

EID: 45149124685     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-67     Document Type: Article

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