New research suggests that adults with pulmonary hypertension (PH) are more likely to experience thyroid disease than the general population or other patients with comparable pulmonary disease. A study of 358 patients with PH, seen at Mayo-Clinic Jacksonville over a 14-year period, was performed, and matched controls were randomly selected. Research showed that thyroid disease was present in 31 percent of the PH group, compared with only 15 percent in the control group. [click link for full article]
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