Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Korean Society of Echocardiography (한국심초음파학회)
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DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY SECONDARY TO HYPOTHYROIDISM: CASE REPORT WITH A REVIEW OF LITERATURES

  • Seol, Myung Do (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Young Soo (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Dong Keun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Choi, Young Hoon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Ju (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Park, Sun Hee (Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Hye Jae (Department of Pathology, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Wook Hyun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahmyook Seoul Hospital)
  • Received : 2013.07.28
  • Accepted : 2014.02.18
  • Published : 2014.03.27
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Abstract

To date, it has been well documented that there is a relationship between alterations in thyroid hormones and cardiac dysfunction. We experienced a case of a 36-year-old man with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) accompanied by undiagnosed primary hypothyroidism. In the current case, there was a significant improvement in the cardiac function following heart failure management and thyroid hormone replacement. Our case highlights that clinicians should consider the possibility of hypothyroidism as a cause of DCM.

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