title: [Thyrotoxicosis in heart recipients].
abstract: Between 1992 and 2000 in the group of the patients before heart transplantation, amiodarone induced thyrotoxicosis occurred in 5 (4 male and 1 female, average age 45.5 years) patients. In four of the patients of that group orthotopic heart transplantation was done. Postoperative period in the patients with euthyreosis was uncomplicated. One patient died after HTx because of thyroid crisis.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chirurgii Serca, Naczyń i Transplantologii Instytut Kardiologii Collegium Medicum Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków.
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Skirzyńska
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garlicki
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Plicner
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wysocka
authors.forename: Karol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wierzbicki
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biernat
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sadowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000638:Amiodarone