Hypothyroidism and Pericardial Effusion

Hypothyroidism and Pericardial Effusion Pericardial effusion of twelıty-nine patients with hypothyroidism and myxoedema was evaluated by their electrocardiographies (ECG), chest X-rays, and echocardiographies (ECO). Twenty-four of the patients had primer and remaining 5 patients had se-condary hypothyroidism. Low voltage in 8 patients (33.33 % ), cardio-thorasic ratio (CTR) higher (han 0_5 in 10 patients (41. 66 %), and pericardial ef-fusion in 11 patients (45. 83 % ) was detected by ECG, chest X-ray, and ECO, respectively. Se-condary hypothyroidism with acute cardiac tam-ponade was found in one patient. No relution was found between hormonal levels and effusion, but the severity of rardiae effusion is related to the ageing in hypothyroidic patients.