Hypothyroidism and the risk of coronary artery disease in Saudi patients

• Main Authors: Moeber M Mahzari (Author), Abduallah H Alserehi (Author), Saleh A Almutairi (Author), Khaled H Alanazi (Author), Mohammed A Alharbi (Author), Mohamud Mohamud (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Hypothyroidism has been described in the literature as a risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). An association between thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels and CAD has been confirmed. In Saudi Arabia, there has been no study on the relationship between hypothyroidism and CAD....