title: [Heart insufficiency as first manifestation of familial primary hypothyroidism].
abstract: Heart failure is not a common manifestation of hypothyroidism if there is no underlying heart disease. We report a case of familial primary hypothyroidism in a young male, that clinically onset with dyspnea, hemoptysis and serum CPK elevation, and in which further explorations revealed a dilated cardiomyopathy due to hypothyroidism. Because of its bad prognosis, we underline the need to identify those cases of dilated cardiomyopathy that can be treated with the appropriate therapy.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cardiología, Hospital General de Elda, Alicante.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García Martínez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rodrigo Jarque
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Zuazola Martínez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology*