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• TITLE: Is Hypothyroidism Overlooked in Cardiac Surgery Patients?

  AUTHORS: Aarne Jyrala, Robert E. Weiss, Robin A. Jeffries, Gregory L. Kay

  KEYWORDS: Hypothyroidism; Cardiac Surgery; Outcome Differences

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.2, May 11, 2012

  ABSTRACT: Objectives: to analyze adequacy of preoperative thyroid screening of cardiac surgery patients (pts) with hypothyroidism (HT) and compare with pts without HT by demographic data, EuroSCORE (ES) scores, early and late outcomes. Patients: From 1000 cardiac surgery pts from Jan 1999 through May 2000 pts with HT were identified (Group 1, n = 80). 920 pts (Group 2) had no HT. Results Group 1 pts were older (p 60 years (p = 0.004), more females (p