Hypothyroidism and the Heart

Essay # 68660

Medical and Health

An analysis of the relationship between hypothyroidism and cardiovascular disease.

1,400 words () | 11 sources | MLA | 2004 | United States

Published on: Sep 02, 2006

Paper Summary:

This paper examines how a growing body of evidence has implicated a condition known as hypothyroidism in the onset and progression of coronary artery disease and other circulatory diseases as well. It looks at how this seems to be due to the role of the thyroid in producing certain critical hormones whose regulatory role in cell metabolism limits the production of low-density lipoproteins such as cholesterol and therefore helps to prevent heart disease.

From the Paper:

"For all the risks and problems associated with thyroid disease, and particularly with the diseases linked to hypothyroidism, there is hope for those individuals. Medicine now recognizes that thyroid disease is the most recognizable endocrine disorder affecting proper cardiac function after diabetes. Therefore, all patients presenting with coronary artery disease or cardiac arrhythmias (irregularities in heart rate and rhythm) should promptly be screened with a sensitive and specific thyroid stimulating hormone panel or assay, followed by the initiation of appropriate treatment.17 (BioMedical Central, 2002,)"