Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Grazette Luanda, Fong Michael W
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Aultman Hospital, Canton, Ohio-44710, OH, United States.
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles-90033, LA, United States.
Curr Hypertens Rev. 2019;15(1):13-16. doi: 10.2174/1573402114666181001121108.
Myxedema heart disease is an extremely rare disease entity and should be suspected in patients with unexplained heart failure refractory to conventional treatment. Myxedema coma with co- existent heart disease is not well known and very few cases have been reported.
Here, we present an interesting case of myxedema coma with severe valvular cardiomyopathy followed by a concise review of the literature with special emphasis on epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapeutic modalities.
