Impact of Antithyroid Antibodies in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in Kirkuk City

Abstract

Background: Acute coronary syndrome is a medical syndrome affecting variety of patients causing high mortality and morbidity. Many studies considered its relation with antithyroid antibodies
Methods: 100 patients admitted to the hospital enrolled in the study presented either with ST elevation myocardial infarction or unstable angina/non ST elevation MI, ELIZA test were used to diagnose the presence of antithyroid antibodies with those patients.
Results: The study shows that only 5.9% of patients with STEMI have positive antithyroid antibodies in comparison to 3.0% of patients with UA/Non STEMI.
Conclusion: No significant correlation could be estimated or elicited between the presence of antithyroid antibodies and acute coronary syndrome.