Why the study?
Does total ablation of the normal thyroid gland affect serum cholesterol concentration and basal metabolic rate in patients with chronic intractable heart disease?
Population
Patients with chronic intractable heart disease who had no thyroid disease prior to operation.
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Early observations link thyroid ablation to metabolic shifts in intractable heart disease; leaves open any therapeutic relevance today.
Does total ablation of the normal thyroid gland affect serum cholesterol concentration and basal metabolic rate in patients with chronic intractable heart disease?
This historical study explored the physiological effects of total thyroidectomy on serum cholesterol and basal metabolic rate in patients with intractable heart disease.
D. Rourke Gilligan (1934) studied this question.
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