Left atrial phasic function and mechanics in women with subclinical hypothyroidism: The effects of levothyroxine therapy

Echocardiography

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1221-1229

  Tadic, Marijana ^a   Ilic, Sanja ^a   Ivanovic, Branislava ^b,c   Celic, Vera ^a,c  

^a University Clinical Hospital Center Dr Dragisa Misovic Dedinje   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Left atrium; Levothyroxine therapy; Mechanics; Phasic function; Speckle tracking imaging; Subclinical hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART CYCLE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM MECHANICS; HEART RATE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL REMODELING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84911002049     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12554     Document Type: Article

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