CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF CARDIOVASCULAR MANIFESTATIONS OF HYPOTHYROIDISM

Hypothyroidism is a silent disease prevailing in the population. Careful observation and identification of patients is necessary as it is manifested lately. There are very few researches pertaining to cardiac manifestations of hypothyroidism. This study was conducted in order to identify the cardiac manifestations of hypothyroidism at a very early stage like detection itself.

Introduction: The number of persons in India who have metabolic and endocrine problems is close to 108 million. The most common on esarethyroid problems and diabetes. Women seem to experience thyroid disorders the most frequently.^1,2 Studies on people with goitre revealed a 5.4% overall frequency of hypothyroidism.³ Both overt and subclinical forms of hypothyroidism may present with symptoms. When serum free thyroxine is below the normal limit and the serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration is increased, this condition is referred to as overt hypothyroidism.

Background 1656: The term Thyroid Gland is taken from Greek Word thyreoeides means Shield shaped is coined by Thomas Wharton in his book Adenographica.¹¹ 

Materials and Methods: Source of Data: 50 new hypothyroidism cases attending to Sri Aurobindo Medical College & PG Institute, Hospital- Indore is included in the study.

Sample Size: 50 new hypothyroidism cases

Study duration: from January 2022 to December 2023, 2 years

Study design: A Cross sectional study was conducted among 50 new cases of hypothyroidism. cardiac manifestations by ECG and ECHO were studied in the patients. Detailed history was taken with help of questionnaire and investigations were done.

Result: In our study subjects most of them belong to 31 to 40 years age group. The mean age was38.30+10.37 years. There was an overall female preponderance among all age Groups with mean age of 36.75+9.24 years. The female population were about 80% of the population. Conclusion In this study consisting of 50 new hypothyroid patients bradycardia was commonest finding followed by low voltage complexes, STT changes observed in ECG. Pericardial effusion and Diastolic dysfunction are the commonest abnormal findings in ECHO.