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Endothelial Function is Not Changed during Short-Term Withdrawal of Thyroxine in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Low Cardiovascular Risk
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- Issue Date
- 2010-07-01
- Publisher
- YONSEI UNIV COLLEGE MEDICINE
- Citation
- YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL; Vol.51 4; 492-498
- Keywords
- Short-term hypothyroidism ; endothelial dysfunction ; radioactive iodine ; flow-mediated vasodilatation ; thyroid cancer
- Abstract
- Purpose: The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer is increasing in young adults and females in Korea. Some of them experience short-term hypothyroidism in preparation for radioiodine (RAI) therapy, which can have a deleterious effect on the cardiovascular system. However, it is not clear if short-term hypothyroidism induces endothelial dysfunction in patients with low cardiovascular risk. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate whether short-term hypothyroidism is associated with endothelial dysfunction in patients with low cardiovascular risk. Materials and Methods: To evaluate the effect of short-term hypothyroidism on endothelial function in this group, we recruited fifteen female patients with low cardiovascular risk. We analyzed clinical, biochemical, and cardiovascular parameters at four time points: the last day on levothyroxine (LT4) at their usual thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)-suppressive doses (P1), 7 days (P2) & 4 weeks (P3) after withdrawal of LT4, and 8 weeks (P4) after replacement of the previous dose of LT4. A high resolution ultrasound was used to measure brachial artery diameter at rest, after reactive hyperemia, and after sublingual nitroglycerin. Results: During short-term hypothyroidism (P3), serum concentrations of total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol were increased (p < 0.001 for each period). In spite of having worsened lipid states, serum high sensitivity C-reactive protein or flow-mediated vasodilatation, which is one of the surrogate markers of the endothelial function, did not change during short-term hypothyroidism. Conclusion: Short-term hypothyroidism induced worsening of metabolic parameters, but not enough to induce the endothelial dysfunction in patients with low cardiovascular risk.
- ISSN
- 0513-5796
- Language
- English
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