Congestive heart failure in subjects with thyrotoxicosis in a black community

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 473-477

  Anakwue, R C ^a   Onwubere, B J C ^a   Anisiuba, B C ^a   Ikeh, V O ^a   Mbah, A ^a   Ike, S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Black community; Congestive heart failure; Echocardiography; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEAT INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SWEATING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTOXICOSIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; NIGER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGER; STROKE VOLUME; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTOXICOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79952061294     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.s9871     Document Type: Article

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