Thyroid Function and the Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality: The Rotterdam Study

Response by Bano et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Thyroid Function and the Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality: The Rotterdam Study".

RATIONALE Thyroid hormones have been linked with various proatherogenic and antiatherogenic processes. However, the relationship of thyroid function with manifestations of atherosclerosis remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of thyroid function with atherosclerosis throughout its spectrum; that is, subclinical atherosclerosis, incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular (ASCV...

Thyroid Function and the Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality

Epidemiological Survey of Mortality and Morbidity Caused by Cardiovascular Diseases in Patients Admitted to the Cardiac Care Units of Hamadan Educational-medical Hospitals, Hamadan, Iran, in 2017

Introduction and purpose: Cardiovascular diseases with an increasing trend are among the leading causes of death in developed countries. Therefore, epidemiological indices in mortality are recently highlighted. In this regard, the present study aimed to determine the epidemiology of mortality and morbidity caused by cardiovascular diseases in patients admitted to the cardiac care units of Hamad...

Comparison of Atherosclerotic Calcification in Major Vessel Beds on the Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: The Rotterdam Study.

BACKGROUND Atherosclerosis is a major contributor to global morbidity and mortality. Although atherosclerosis is a systemic disease, its burden varies considerably across vessel beds, which may translate into differences in mortality risk. METHODS AND RESULTS From 2003 to 2006, a sample of 2408 elderly participants (mean age, 69.6±6.7 years; 52.4% female) from the population-based Rotterdam S...

Investigation on the risk factores for mortality of patients with COVID-19 and prioritization these factores using neural network in some southern cities of Iran

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 the seventh human coronavirus) was discovered in Wuhan, Hubei province of China, in January 2020. COVID-19 virus caused six million deads in the world to date and cussed infection of more than seven million of cases in Iran(1). This infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This virus was contagious and fast-spread. Despite the aquaran...