Myocardial Function in Hypothyroidism: Relation to Disease Severity and Response to Treatment

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 1978, Pages 1476-1480

  Bough, Edward W ^a   Crowley, William F ^a,b   Ridgway, E Chester ^a,c   Walker, Harriet ^a   Maloof, Farahe ^a   Myers, Gordon S ^a   Daniels, Gilbert H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Daland Fellowship of the American Philosophical Society ^*  (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SYSTOLIC TIME INTERVAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SYSTOLE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84948724578     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1978.03630350014007     Document Type: Article

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