Revista medico-chirurgicală̆ a Societă̆ţ̜ii de Medici ş̧i Naturaliş̧ti din Iaş̧i
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Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi · Jul 2013
Risk assessment in the development of atrial fibrillation at patients with associate thyroid dysfunctions.
Thyroid hormones are an important regulator of cardiac function and vascular system. Atrial fibrillation is a common cardiac arrhythmia and an important risk factor for the ischemic cerebral vascular accident and heart failure. ⋯ Thyroid dysfunctions are associated with an increased risk to develop atrial fibrillation, both in the case of clinically manifest and the subclinical manifest forms. These results support long term screening for thyroid dysfunctions for patients with atrial fibrillation.