Population
4 adult patients with thyrotoxicosis accompanied by irreversible low-output heart failure
Design
Case_series
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May indicate irreversible thyrotoxic cardiomyopathy; leaves open causality and requires prospective validation before any practice change.
Thyrotoxicosis may be a potential cause of irreversible cardiomyopathy, leading to persistent low-output heart failure despite normalization of thyroid function.
Ebisawa et al. (2008) studied this question.
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