Meeting
Abstract Number: 565
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old man with history of Hashimoto thyroiditis was attending a routine clinic appointment and was found to have a resting heart rate of 40 beats per min and was referred to the emergency department. The patient had not been evaluated by a physician for two years and previous heart rates were unknown. […]
Abstract Number: 673
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: Pericardial effusion is relatively common in patients with uncontrolled hypothyroidism, but rarely, it progresses to cardiac tamponade. We describe a case of myxedema coma presenting with cardiac tamponade. Discussion: A 63-year-old African American morbidly obese lady with history of hypothyroidism presented with worsening dyspnea and unresponsiveness. Family reported that she is non-compliant […]