Acute pericarditis: a rare complication of Graves' thyrotoxicosis?

Cardiac complications of thyrotoxicosis include atrial fibrillation, tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, and heart failure [1], but acute pericarditis was rarely reported [2-5]. The usual causes of pericarditis include idiopathic, infection (particular viral), acute myocardial infarction, trauma, ne...

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Published in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2006-05, Vol.24 (3), p.374-375
Main Authors: Tsai, Min-Shan, Yang, Chih-Wei, Chi, Chun-Lin, Hsieh, Cheng-Chun, Chen, Wen-Jone, Huang, Chien-Hua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Adult
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Coronary heart disease
Diagnosis, Differential
Electrocardiography
Emergency and intensive respiratory care
Emergency medical care
Family medical history
Graves Disease - complications
Graves Disease - diagnosis
Heart
Heart attacks
Heart failure
Hormones
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Male
Medical sciences
Myocardial infarction
Older people
Pericarditis - diagnosis
Pericarditis - etiology
Radiation therapy
Thyroid diseases
Thyroid gland
Thyrotoxicosis - complications
Thyrotoxicosis - diagnosis
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Summary:Cardiac complications of thyrotoxicosis include atrial fibrillation, tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, and heart failure [1], but acute pericarditis was rarely reported [2-5]. The usual causes of pericarditis include idiopathic, infection (particular viral), acute myocardial infarction, trauma, neoplasm, radiation therapy, chronic renal failure, connective tissue disease, drug reaction, and autoimmune reaction after cardiac surgery or myocardial infection [6]. [...]our patient did not receive any antithyroid drug before this episode, and the ANCA did not exist in our patient. [...]our patient recovered with the prophylthiophil therapy.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2005.10.020