Directory of Cardiopulmonary Resources

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This area is for research and studies on thyroid related heart and lung issues.

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• Congenital Hypothyroidism and Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis: Associated?

  http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/103/1/e9
  Presents a case where there is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the fetal compartments, including ascites, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, and skin edema.

• Hypothyroidism and Dyslipidemia: Modern Concepts and Approaches

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15485607
  Discusses the role of thyroid hormone in regulating the synthesis, metabolism, and mobilization of lipids.

• Myxoedema coma with pericardial effusion and respiratory arrest in a 59-year-old woman

  http://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0007/ea0007p272.htm
  Presents a case study of a rare occurrence associated with undiagnosed hypothyroidism.

• Newswise: Thyroid Dysfunction Linked to Heart Failure in New Research Study

  http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/516245/
  Researchers hope that more aggressive treatment of hypothyroidism and borderline hypothyroidism will result in a reduction of heart disease in human beings.

• Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction Affects the Heart

  http://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0401/p1590.html
  Impaired left ventricular diastolic function at rest and systolic dysfunction have been observed in persons with hypothyroidism.

• The Heart and the Thyroid Gland

  http://www.thyroid.ca/e6a.php
  Significant complications can arise from both low and high gland function. What patients need to watch out for.

• Thyroid And Heart Failure

  http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/12-2005/thyroid-and-heart-failure.html
  Discusses subclinical hypothyroidism and the increased risk of cardiac problems among older adults.

• Thyroid hormone and the cardiovascular system

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15282446?dopt=Abstract
  Changes in serum T(3) levels in patients with chronic congestive heart failure are caused by alterations in thyroid hormone metabolism suggesting that patients may benefit from T(3). From Entrez PubMed.

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