Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in patients with acute atrial fibrillation attended at a cardiology emergency room

CONTEXT: Atrial fibrillation occurs frequently in patients with thyrotoxicosis, while it has low prevalence in adults of the general population. The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in subjects with atrial fibrillation is 0 to 24%, a wide variation that is attributed to the different methodologies...

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Published in:	São Paulo Medical Journal
Main Authors:	Juarez Neuhaus Barbisan, Flávio Danni Fuchs, Beatriz D'Agord Schaan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Paulista de Medicina
Subjects:	Atrial fibrillation Thyroid dysfunction Hyperthyroidism
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802003000400004&lng=en&tlng=en