Results
26 newly diagnosed hyperthyroid patients and 26 healthy subjects as
control group were enrolled in this study. Mean age of the hyperthyroid
patients was 39.77±12.0 years old and 53.8 % (n: 14) of them were
females. The etiology of hyperthyroidism was Graves (80.76%), toxic
multi nodular goiter (11.54%), toxic adenoma (3.85%), and sub-acute
thyroiditis (3.85%). cardiovascular symptoms and signs include the
followings: palpitation (46.2%), exertional dyspnea (19.2%), and
atypical chest pain (7.7%). Baseline characteristics of the
hyperthyroid patients are listed in table-1.
Table-1: Baseline characteristics of the hyperthyroid patients,