Pikapolonica
Pridružen/-a: 24.06. 2006, 12:56
Prispevkov: 658
Kraj: Domžale
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 Objavljeno: 23 Apr 2007 14:03 Naslov sporočila: Subklinični tiroiditis |
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The effect of subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) on cardiovascular autonomic function and ventricular repolarization has not been yet elucidated. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the dispersion of QT interval, i.e. an index of inhomogeneity of repolarization, and heart rate variability (HRV), i.e. a measure of cardiac autonomic modulation, in SH patients.
METHODS: The study included 42 patients (29 women and 13 men; mean age 53.2+/-14.2 years; body surface area 1.76+/-0.14 m(2)) with SH, as judged by elevated serum TSH levels (>3.6 mIU/l; range, 3.8-12.0) and normal free thyroid hormones (FT(4) and FT(3)) and 30 euthyroid volunteer. Subjects with cardiac, metabolic, neurological disease or any other systemic disease that could affect autonomic activity were excluded from the study. Patients with SH and control subjects underwent a full history, physical examination, standard 12-lead ECG, and 24-h ambulatory ECG monitoring. To evaluate the effect of treatment with L-thyroxine on QT dispersion and HRV, 15 patients with SH were randomly assigned to receive therapy with L-thyroxine. All the subjects were evaluated at enrolment and after 6 months.
RESULTS: Patients with SH showed higher QT dispersion and lower HRV measures than healthy controls (P<0.01 for all). In SH patients, the standard deviation of N-Ns (SDNN) was negatively related to TSH (r=-0.42, P=0.006), while low frequency (LF)/high frequency (HF) ratio was positively related to TSH (r=0.42, P=0.006). Moreover, in SH patients both QT dispersion and QTc dispersion were positively related to TSH (r=0.64 and r=0.63, P<0.001 for both). After 6 months, the patients treated with L-tiroxine exhibited a reduction of QT dispersion and an increase of HRV parameters.
CONCLUSION: The results of the present study demonstrated that SH can alter autonomic modulation of heart rate and cause increased inhomogeneity of ventricular recovery times. Accordingly, early L-thyroxine treatment may be advised not only to prevent progression to overt hypothyroidism but also to improve abnormal cardiac autonomic function and ventricular repolarization inhomogeneity.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Povzetek: Subklinicni tiroiditis lahko spremeni avtonomno modulacijo srcne frenvence in povzroci povecanje nehomogenosti časov rekuperacije ventriklov. Zato je priporoca zgodnje nadomescanje L-tiroksina, da se prepreci razvoj ocitne hipotiroze ter tudi za izboljsanje nenormalne avtonomne funkcije srca in nehomogenosti ventrikularne repolarizacije. |
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