Derrame pericárdico com tamponamento cardíaco como forma de apresentaçäo de hipotireoidismo primário / Pericardial Effusion with Cardiac Tamponade as a Form of Presentation of Primary Hypothyroidism
Arq. bras. cardiol
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78(6): 580-585, June 2002. ilus
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in Portuguese, English
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ABSTRACT
The authors describe a case of pericardial effusion accompanied by cardiac tamponade caused by primary hypothyroidism. Diagnosis was made by exclusion, because other causes of cardiac tamponade are more frequent. Emergency treatment of cardiac tamponade is pericardiocentesis (with possible pericardial window), and, after stabilization, performance of hormonal reposition therapy with L-thyroxin
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Main subject:
Pericardial Effusion
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Cardiac Tamponade
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Hypothyroidism
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal do Paraná/BR
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