Associations of thyroid hormones levels with carotid atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients /

Tahany Abdelrahman Osman Mukhtar

Associations of thyroid hormones levels with carotid atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients / مستويات هرمونات الغده الدرقية وتصلب الشريان السباتى فى مرضى القصور الكلوى المزمن والاستصفاء الدموى المنتظم Tahany Abdelrahman Osman Mukhtar ; Supervised Mustafa Mohammed Hassan Taha , Hussein Saied Elfishawe - Cairo : Tahany Abdelrahman Osman Mukhtar , 2014 - 140 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine

Background: End-stage renal disease is linked to alterations in thyroid hormone levels and/or metabolism, resulting in specially a high prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism. There is association between hypothyroidism and atherosclerosis and among patients on long term chronic HD, FT3 level is associated with the degree of carotid atherosclerosis and there is rule of inflammation in pathogenesis of atherosclerosis in hemodialysis population. Aim of work: The aim of this work is to study the association between thyroid hormones levels and carotid atherosclerosis in patients with ESRD on regular HD. Conclusion: there is inverse correlation between Thyroid hormones levels and carotid atherosclerosis in patients on regular hemodialysis



Atherosclerosis Hemodialysis Thyroid function
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