Risk of incident circulatory disease in patients treated for differentiated thyroid carcinoma with no history of cardiovascular disease
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Authors
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External organisations
- Department of Endocrinology, 424 General Military Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
- Centre for Computational Biology, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
- Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Birmingham Health Partners, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- MRC Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), London, UK.
- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Uk.
Abstract
CONTEXT: The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is increasing, yet the prognosis is favourable and long-term survival is expected. Exogenous TSH suppression has been used for many years to prevent DTC recurrence and may be associated with increased risks of circulatory diseases.
DESIGN: Risks of circulatory disease in patients treated for DTC were compared to randomly matched patients without DTC (controls) up to a 1:5 ratio using age, sex, body mass index (BMI) and smoking as the matching parameters in a population-based, open cohort study using The Health Improvement Network.
PATIENTS: A total of 3009 patients treated for DTC with no pre-existing cardiovascular disease were identified and matched to 11 303 controls, followed up to median of 5 years.
RESULTS: A total of 1259 incident circulatory events were recorded during the observation period. No difference in the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) (adjusted hazards ratio [aHR]: 1.04, 95% CI: 0.80-1.36) or heart failure (HF) (aHR: 1.27, 95% CI: 0.89-1.81) was detected. The risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke was significantly higher in patients with DTC (aHR: 1.71, 95% CI: 1.36-2.15 and aHR: 1.34, 95% CI: 1.05-1.72, respectively). In a sensitivity analysis limited to newly diagnosed patients with DTC, only the risk of AF was consistently elevated (aHR: 1.86, 95% CI: 1.33-2.60).
CONCLUSIONS: The increased risk of AF in patients who have undergone treatment for DTC but without pre-existing CVD may warrant periodic screening for this arrhythmia. Whereas no evidence of increased risk of IHD or HF was observed, the increased risk of stroke/TIA warrants further investigation.
Bibliographic note
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 323-330 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Clinical Endocrinology |
Volume | 91 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 16 Apr 2019 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2019 |
Keywords
- atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular events, s, differentiated thyroid carcinoma, thyroid cancer