Is coronary artery calcium scoring a better predictor of cardiac risk in subclinical hypothyroidism patients with low-risk Framingham score?
This study suggests that SCH is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease in apparently healthy controls. The risk of occult coronary artery disease is increased in SCH cases.
Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy is associated with a greater improvement in post-operative quality of life than the open technique despite the fact that both result in equivalent normalisation of serum calcium levels. It is not clear if this is due to differences in the technique itself or is related to the patients' perceptions of having had a "less invasive" surgical procedure.