Hyperthyroidism and Cardiac Contractility

Much information is lacking on hyperthyroidism and cardiac function, especially in isolated muscles. Certainly, the time the heart muscle is exposed to elevated thyroid hormones (TH) influences the magnitude of their effects. The primary changes seem to be related to increases in the heart mass/body mass ratio and in relaxation kinetics.

These cardiac changes may also be related not only to the time of exposure to excess thyroid hormones, but to the level or intensity of hyperthyroidism, as well as the underlying cardiac condition, which may reflect exercise conditioning and overload. In this sense, the cellular mechanisms of muscle adaptation, energy and oxygen consumption, certainly make differences. As well as muscle strength and sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium (SRCa) activity, they may also have different individual adaptive characteristics.

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