Fabrizio Aghini-Lombardi, Aghini-Lombardi Fabrizio, Vitantonio Di Bello, Di Bello Vitantonio, Enrica Talini, Talini Enrica, Andrea Di Cori, Di Cori Andrea, Fabio Monzani, Monzani Fabio, Lucia Antonangeli, Antonangeli Lucia, Caterina Palagi, Palagi Caterina, Nadia Caraccio, Caraccio Nadia, Maria Grazia Delle Donne, Delle Donne Maria Grazia, Carmela Nardi, Nardi Carmela, Angela Dardano, Dardano Angela, Alberto Balbarini, Balbarini Alberto, Mario Mariani, Mariani Mario, Aldo Pinchera, Pinchera Aldo
The aim of the present study was to evaluate cardiac function and texture in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (sHT) both by conventional and new ultrasonic intramyocardial tissue techniques. sHT was characterized by normal serum free tetraiodotironine and free triiodotironine levels and slightly increased serum TSH level. Twenty-four patients affected by sHT and 24 sex- and age-matched healthy volunteers were studied. All subjects were submitted to conventional two-dimensional (2D)-color Doppler echocardiography, pulsed wave tissue Doppler imaging (PWTDI) for the analysis of the diastolic function, color Doppler myocardial imaging (CDMI) for the analysis of regional strain and strain-rate and integrated backscatter (IBS) for the evaluation of intrinsic contractility and tissue characterization...
July 2006: European Journal of Endocrinology