Letter to the Editor from Martin-Grace and Crowley: Myxedema Heart and Pseudotamponade

摘要

We read with interest the recently published case series of pericardial effusions caused by severe hypothyroidism [1], which highlighted the relative hemodynamic stability of these patients despite echocardiographic features of cardiac tamponade. We have previously reported a case of cardiac tamponade in the setting of central hypothyroidism [2], which we believe highlights an additional aspect of this rare presentation.