HEART FAILURE and the thyroid

The effect of low T3 in the heart-muscle cells (the myocardium)

The normal heart (left) and a T3-starved, weak, failing heart (right): from Wikipedia.

Heart Failure

If you have an interest in heart failure (especially cardiomyopathy), but need an explanation of exactly what it is, visit Wikipedia’s excellent talk, by Thomas R. Shannon, DVM, PhD and then have a look at an article, regarding Cardiomyocyte-specific inact…