This will be a prospective, randomized study performed at a single tertiary referral academic medical center (University of California San Francisco, CA), evaluating the survival benefits of levothyroxine compared with no levothyroxine for patients who have undergone heart transplant. It will be double-blinded and placebo-control; participants will be randomized to receive levothyroxine or receive no levothyroxine.
Heart Transplant Failure, Heart Transplant Infection
This will be a prospective, randomized study performed at a single tertiary referral academic medical center (University of California San Francisco, CA), evaluating the survival benefits of levothyroxine compared with no levothyroxine for patients who have undergone heart transplant. It will be double-blinded and placebo-control; participants will be randomized to receive levothyroxine or receive no levothyroxine.
Levothyroxine Supplementation for Heart Transplant Recipients
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University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
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18 Years to
ALL
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University of California, San Francisco,
Jason Smith, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco
2027-03-01