Incident atrial fibrillation in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer : a meta-analysis

Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) represents the most common form of thyroid neoplasms and is becoming increasingly prevalent. Evidence suggests a possible relationship between DTC diagnosis and subsequent atrial fibrillation (AF). If confirmed, this may present an alarming health risk (AF) in an otherwise condition with a relatively good prognosis (DTC). The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to provide for the first time a pooled estimate of AF incidence in DTC patients in comparison to healthy controls. A detailed search in electronic databases, clinical trial registries and grey literature was performed to identify studies reporting the incidence of AF in DTC patients. Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scale was used to assess study quality. We used a random effects (RE) generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) in pooling of individual studies and also calculated a prediction interval for the estimate of a new study. Six observational studies met the eligibility criteria, which included totally 187,754 patients with DTC and 199,770 healthy controls. The median follow-up period was 4.3 to 18.8 years; the incidence rate of AF was 4.86 (95% CI, 3.29 to 7.17, I2 = 96%) cases per 1000 person-years, while the incidence rate ratio was 1.54 (95% CI, 1.44 to 1.65, I2 = 0%, 95% PI, 1.33 to 1.78).This is the first meta-analysis to confirm that patients with DTC are at a high risk for developing AF, which may be attributed to a state of iatrogenic hyperthyroidism due to long-term thyrotropin suppression therapy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Endocrine-related cancer - 28(2021), 5 vom: 29. Apr., Seite 325-335

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kostopoulos, Georgios [VerfasserIn]
Doundoulakis, Ioannis [VerfasserIn]
Antza, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Bouras, Emmanouil [VerfasserIn]
Nirantharakumar, Krishnarajah [VerfasserIn]
Tsiachris, Dimitrios [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, G Neil [VerfasserIn]
Lip, Gregory Y H [VerfasserIn]
Toulis, Konstantinos A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9002-71-5
Atrial fibrillation
Differentiated thyroid cancer
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysis
Systematic Review
Systematic review
Thyrotropin

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Date Completed 14.04.2022

Date Revised 14.04.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1530/ERC-20-0496

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323500129