A cure-rate of 75% within 3 months is seen when treating autonomous solitary toxic thyroid nodules with 131I. The thyroid volume is reduced by 35% within 3 months and 45% after 2 years. Side-effects are few and consist of hypothyroidism in less than 10% with a median follow-up of 5 years. This treatment should be regarded as the standard treatment for this condition until prospective comparisons with surgery and ethanol injection therapy have been performed.
Ninety-two percent of patients with multinodular toxic goiter were cured with 1 or 2 treatments. The thyroid volume was reduced by 43%, with few side effects. Iodine 131 should be the choice of treatment in patients with multinodular toxic goiter.
Current AAS abusers displayed increased 24-h systolic BP and decreased plasma MR-proANP. Both current and former AAS abusers exhibited higher aortic stiffness.
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