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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0034-7523</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Medicina]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev cubana med]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7523</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0034-75232022000100007</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Efectos del tratamiento sustitutivo del hipotiroidismo subclínico en el grosor intima-media carotideo]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Effects of replacement therapy for subclinical hypothyroidism on carotid intima-media thick]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Bernal de Lázaro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elisabeth]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz-Perera Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Georgia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico &#8220;10 de octubre&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>61</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-75232022000100007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-75232022000100007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-75232022000100007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  El hipotiroidismo subclínico se relaciona con alteraciones cardiovasculares como la aterosclerosis carotidea subclínica por daños endoteliales como consecuencia de varios factores siendo el grosor intima-media carotideo (GIMC) un marcador reconocido, cuya elevación se menciona con frecuencia asociada a esta disfunción tiroidea.  Objetivo:  Determinar los efectos del tratamiento sustitutivo de pacientes con hipotiroidismo subclínico en el GIMC.  Métodos:  Se realizó un estudio de intervención que incluyó 94 pacientes con diagnóstico de hipotiroidismo subclínico sin tratamiento sustitutivo, que acudieron a la consulta de Endocrinología del hospital 10 de octubre a los cuales se les realizó determinación de TSH, colesterol total, colesterol LDL, colesterol HDL, triglicéridos y se les realizó US carotideo al inicio del estudio y al año de logrado el estado eutiroideo con tratamiento sustitutivo, para establecer diferencias en los parámetros evaluados antes y después del tratamiento sustitutivo.  Resultados:  Previo al tratamiento se encontró hipercolesterolemia en el 87,2 % de los pacientes e hipertrigliceridemia en y 38,3 %, mientras que, que valores elevados de colesterol LDL y disminuidos de colesterol HDL fueron hallados en el 55,3 % y 19,3 % de los mismos, el GIMC se mostró dentro del rango de normalidad. Tras el tratamiento con levotiroxina todos los valores medios de los parámetros estudiados se modificaron excepto en el caso de los triglicéridos  Conclusiones:  El tratamiento sustitutivo del hipotiroidismo subclínico tiene efectos beneficiosos sobre el GIMC, lo que pudiera ser secundario, entre otros factores, a la mejoría del perfil lipídico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Subclinical hypothyroidism is related to cardiovascular alterations such as subclinical carotid atherosclerosis due to endothelial damage as a consequence of various factors, carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) being a recognized marker, whose elevation is frequently mentioned in association with this thyroid dysfunction.  Objective:  To determine the effects of replacement therapy in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism in CIMT.  Methods:  An intervention study was carried out in 94 patients diagnosed with subclinical hypothyroidism, who did not have substitutive treatment. They were treated in Endocrinology consultation at 10 de Octubre hospital. These subjects underwent determination of TSH, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, cholesterol HDL, triglycerides. They got carotid ultrasound at the beginning of the study and one year after achieving euthyroid status with replacement treatment, to establish differences in the parameters evaluated before and after replacement treatment.  Results:  Prior to treatment, hypercholesterolemia was found in 87.2% of patients and hypertriglyceridemia in 38.3%, while elevated LDL cholesterol and decreased HDL cholesterol values were found in 55.3% and 19. .3% of them, CIMT was within the normal range. After treatment with levothyroxine, all the mean values of the parameters studied were modified, except in the case of triglycerides.  Conclusions:  Subclinical hypothyroidism replacement therapy has beneficial effects on CIMT, which could be secondary, among other factors, to the improvement of the lipid profile.]]></p></abstract>
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