[Incidence of thyroid nodules in patients with and without atrial fibrillation].
In one of our previous articles we noted that many patients affected by atrial fibrillation had more thyroid nodules > or = 10mm (38%) than general population (10%). These data are confirmed by a same number of patients without atrial fibrillation admitted to our Department of Internal Medicine. The high incidence of low-T3 syndrome is confirmed too.
Bindi
Massimo
M
IV Divisione Medica, Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana, Pisa. m.bindi@ao-pisa.toscana.it
Moroni
Federica
F
Pinelli
Massimiliano
M
Rosada
Javier
J
Castiglioni
Maido
M
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