Total thyroidectomy in a patient awaiting heart transplant with amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis: A case report.

Filipa AmadorFernando Miguel MendonçaCatarina da CostaMarta CanhaJoão Sérgio NevesRoberto PintoSandra AmorimSelma SoutoPaula FreitasDavide Carvalho

Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)

Thyroid function may have a severe impact in cardiac function. Herein, we present the case report of a 53-year-old male patient awaiting heart transplant with amiodarone induced thyrotoxicosis that presented a marked improvement of his cardiac function after total thyroidectomy.

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