Abstract
Introduction Graves’ disease (GD) is an autoimmune disease and the most common cause of thyrotoxicosis,, with multisystem involvement, that mainly affects women between 40 and 60 years of age. It is the most prevalent cause of autoimmune hyperthyroidism in pregnancy,, and it can be distinguished from gestational thyrotoxicosis due to the presence of diffuse goiter and previous history of hyperthyroidism. Clinical hyperthyroidism occurs in 0.2% of pregnant women. Heart failure (HF) is a rare manifestation of decompensated GD and it [...]
Highlights
Graves’ disease (GD) is an autoimmune disease and the most common cause of thyrotoxicosis,[1,2] with multisystem involvement, that mainly affects women between 40 and 60 years of age
We report a case of a pregnant woman with GD who presented thyrotoxicosis and Heart failure (HF) with severe mitral dysfunction towards the end of pregnancy, but without ventricular dilatation
Severe mitral regurgitation (MR) was characterized by an eccentric jet, which occupied greater than 40% of the left atrial area
Summary
Severe Mitral Regurgitation by Hyperthyroidism in the Absence of Left Ventricular Dilatation. Antonio José Lagoeiro Jorge, Wolney de Andrade Martins, Eliza de Almeida Gripp, Breno Macêdo de Almeida, Camila Cezário Rocha Paz Figueroa, Cíntia Lobo Sabino. Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ – Brazil
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