title: [Hypothyroid dilated cardiomyopathy].
abstract: Most patients with dilated cardiomyopathy have a poor prognosis due to progressive and irreversible myocardial dysfunction. Rarely, is a metabolic etiology responsive to specific therapy identified. Although many studies have confirmed that thyroid hormone deficiency is associated with a reversible decrease in myocardial contractility, it has remained controversial whether hypothyroidism alone can cause a dilated cardiomyopathy and clinical heart failure. In this study, we report the case of a patient with severe hypothyroidism and a dilated cardiomyopathy complicated by heart failure, which has receded after recovery to euthyroidism with L-thyroxin therapy. This case suggests that hypothyroidism should be evoked systematically when a dilated cardiomyopathy is diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, boulevard du 9 Avril, 1006 Tunis, Tunisie. famsli@planet.tn
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bezdah
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Slimène
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kammoun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belhani
mesh_terms: D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009230:Myxedema / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Myocardiopathie dilatée d'origine myxoedémateuse.