Assem Aweimer, Johannes W Dietrich, Francesco Santoro, Mireia Camins Fàbregas, Andreas Mügge, Iván J Núñez-Gil, Ravi Vazirani, Oscar Vedia, Toni Pätz, Ilaria Ragnatela, Luca Arcari, Massimo Volpe, Miguel Corbì-Pascual, Manuel Martinez-Selles, Manuel Almendro-Delia, Alessandro Sionis, Aitor Uribarri, Holger Thiele, Natale Daniele Brunetti, Ingo Eitel, Thomas Stiermaier, Nazha Hamdani, Mohammad Abumayyaleh, Ibrahim Akin, Ibrahim El-Battrawy
BACKGROUND: Recently, abnormal thyroid function was shown to be common in patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), being classified into "endocrine-type" and "stress-type" responses. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between thyroid homeostasis and TTS in a larger international registry. METHODS: In total 288 patients with TTS were enrolled through the GEIST multicentre registry from Germany, Italy and Spain. Thyrotropin (TSH), free T4 (FT4) and free T3 (FT3) concentrations were analysed at admission...
March 18, 2024: EBioMedicine