%0 Journal Article
%T Cardiomiopat¨ªa mixedematosa. Reporte de un caso
%A Garc¨ªa Tass¨¦
%A Marcelina
%A Serra Vald¨¦s
%A Miguel A
%J Revista Habanera de Ciencias M£¿£¿dicas
%D 2011
%I Ministerio de Salud Publica
%X introduction: hypothyroidism or gull's disease (1873) is the most frequent endocrine affection in all races worldwide.the annual incidence of new cases is 1-2 % of general population. it has been estimated that this rate reaches 6-7% of the female population over 60 years. presentation: it's a case report of a 32 years old black woman with hypothyroidism post-thyroidectomy. the patient gives up treatment and enters the hospital with cardiac insufficiency, pericardium effusion and symptoms of hypothyroidism with myxedema. discussion: symptoms such as dilatation with hypokynesia, infiltration with restrictions, pericardium disorders with associated effusi¨®n and dysrhythmias in some cases are usually imtegrated to this cardiomyopathy. conclusion: the patient had a satisfactory evolution after reenter the hospital with the former measures and treatment. in some cases damage is irreversible.
%K hypothyroidism
%K myxedema
%K myocardiopathies myxedematosus.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1729-519X2011000400010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en