Hormonal changes as a potential cause for monthly fluid status variation as indicated by intrathoracic impedance. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Early detection of decompensated heart failure enables clinicians to tailor medical therapy to individual patient needs. The utility of transthoracic impedance assessment in the early diagnosis of volume overload has been documented in the literature. We describe the case of a young woman without congestive heart failure who was noted to have cyclical variations of transthoracic impedances that correlated with her menstrual cycle and discuss other factors that may confound proper diagnosis of volume overload in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.

publication date

  • June 10, 2013

Research

keywords

  • Heart Failure
  • Hormones
  • Menstrual Cycle

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84891829009

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.04.121

PubMed ID

  • 23759387

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 23

issue

  • 1