ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED HYPERTHYROID PATIENTS BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY.

Twinkle Gupta; Tejinder Talwar; Karun Bhatti; Sahas Jindal; Anish Gupta

Volume : IX, Issue : III, March - 2019

ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED HYPERTHYROID PATIENTS BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY.

Twinkle Gupta, Tejinder Talwar, Karun Bhatti, Sahas Jindal, Anish Gupta

Abstract :

BACKGROUND: Hyperthyroidism is one of the metabolic disorders that is associated with prominent cardiovascular changes in the form of marked reduction in peripheral vascular resistance and increased total blood volume and heart rate. Recent advances in Echocardiographic technology enable accurate non–invasive assessment of cardiac morphology and its haemodynamic parameters related to systolic or diastolic function. Therefore, Echocardiography can be used to assess morbidity in the hyperthyroid cases. Objectives: To measure left ventricular function in newly diagnosed hyperthyroid patients and to correlate with that of euthyroid state. Methodology: The study was conducted at MMIMSR, Mullana, Ambala. Fifty individuals were included in the study .Out of them, Twenty five were cases and twenty five were age and sex matched controls. The patients were taken both from OPD and indoor wards of department of Medicine. All patients were scrutinized and investigated as per the plan. All were subjected to evaluation by echocardiography. RESULTS: In this study, significant high cardiac output state was observed with preserved systolic and diastolic function of the left ventricle in newly diagnosed hyperthyroidism CONCLUSION: Echocardiography can be used as a sensitive tool to assess morbidity associated with hyperthyroidism.