García Martínez M, Rodrigo Jarque I, Zuazola Martínez M P
Unidad de Cardiología, Hospital General de Elda, Alicante.
Rev Esp Cardiol. 1997 Sep;50(9):670-2. doi: 10.1016/s0300-8932(97)73281-0.
Heart failure is not a common manifestation of hypothyroidism if there is no underlying heart disease. We report a case of familial primary hypothyroidism in a young male, that clinically onset with dyspnea, hemoptysis and serum CPK elevation, and in which further explorations revealed a dilated cardiomyopathy due to hypothyroidism. Because of its bad prognosis, we underline the need to identify those cases of dilated cardiomyopathy that can be treated with the appropriate therapy.
