Thyroid hormones and cardiovascular disease

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 39-55

  Jabbar, Avais ^a,b   Pingitore, Alessandro ^c   Pearce, Simon H S ^a,d   Zaman, Azfar ^a,b   Iervasi, Giorgio ^c   Razvi, Salman ^a,e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPICARDIUM; HEART FAILURE; HEART PROTECTION; HEART SURGERY; HISTORY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPLICATION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84994176239     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2016.174     Document Type: Review

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