Abstract
Background: We aimed prospectively to investigate the laboratory and electrocardiographic parameters (heart rate, QRS, QT, QTc, Tpe, Tpe/QTc, and arrhythmia prevalence) in patients with Graves’ disease before and after antithyroid therapy.
Methods: Seventy-one patients (48 female, and 23 male), of age between 18-50 years (mean±SD: 36.48±12.20) with GD were included in the study. Patients were treated with antithyroid therapy (thioamides and/or surgical therapy) to maintain euthyroid status. Patients were examined in terms of electrocardiographic parameters before and after the treatment.
Results: Mean TSH, free thyroxin (fT4), and tri-iodothyrionine (fT3) levels of all patients were 0.005±0.21, 3.27± 1.81, 11.42±7.44, respectively. While 9 patients (group 2) underwent surgical therapy, had suspicious malignant nodule or large goiter, and unresponsiveness to medical treatment; the other patients (n=62, group 1) were treated with medical therapy. Patients with surgical therapy had more increased serum fT4 (p=0.045), anti-thyroglobulin value (p=0.018) and more severe graves orbitopathy (n=0.051) before treatment when compared to a medical therapy group. Baseline Tpe duration and baseline Tpe/QTc ratio and frequency of supraventricular ectopic beats were found to be significantly higher in group 2 when compared to group 1 (p=0.00, p=0.005). Otherwise, the baseline mean heart rate, QRS duration, QTc values of both groups were similar. Although the patients came at their euthyroid status, group 2 patients still suffered from more sustained supraventricular ectopics beats than group 1.
Conclusion: Distinct from the medical treatment group, surgical treatment group with euthyroidism for at least 3 months still suffered from an arrhythmia (Tpe, Tpe/QTc, supraventricular and ventricular ectopic beats).
Keywords: Thyrotoxicosis, arrhythmia, anti-thyroid therapy, Graves’ Disease, hyperthyroidism, electrocardiogram.
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