Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction Demonstrated by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Children with Euthyroid Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

Emine Azak Seyit Ahmet Uçaktürk İbrahim İlker Çetin Hazım Alper Gursu Eda Mengen Ucakturk Utku Pamuk

Published in: Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology (2019)

The results show that myocardial function in children with eHT is impaired in the absence of any clinical symptoms and that conventional echocardiography is inadequate to determine these changes.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
young adults
computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension
oxidative stress
depressive symptoms
physical activity
atrial fibrillation