First Case Report of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Showing Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by Thyroid Storm due to Graves’ Disease

Table 1

Laboratory data at 6 months before the first admission, on admission, and at the time of discharge for thyroid storm.

Laboratory data	Six months before first admission	First admission for TS	Discharge for TS	Normal range
TP	6.7	6.6	6.0	6.7–8.3 g/dL
Alb	3.9	3.8	3.4	4.0–5.0 g/dL
T-bil	3.1	4.8	2.3	0.3–1.2 mg/dL
AST	31	37	18	13–33 U/L
ALT	35	25	27	8–42 U/L
LDH	209	250	160	119–229 U/L
γ-GTP	59	93	219	10–47 U/L
ALP	413	483	342	115–359 U/L
CPK	71	277	42	62–287 U/L
CPK-MB		7		≤25 U/L
Troponin T		0.015		≤0.014 ng/mL
BUN	12	21	13	8.0–22.0 mg/dL
Cre	0.80	0.80	0.83	0.60–1.10 mg/dL
Na	145	142	140	138–146 mEq/L
K	3.9	4.4	3.8	3.6–4.9 mEq/L
Cl	107	107	102	99–109 mEq/L
BNP	197.3	305.3	286.6	<18.4 pg/ml
WBC	6280	5800	5990	4000–9000/μL
PLT	25.0	19.3	19.7	15–35 × 10^4/μL
CRP		0.21		<0.3 mg/dL
PT-INR		1.47		0.90–1.47
Antithrombin		75.0		80–120%
Fibrinogen		273		150–340 mg/dL
FDP		4		<5 μg/ml
D-dimer		1.2		<1.0 μg/ml
T-CHO	111	77	132	128–219 mg/dL
Triglyceride	105	41	66	30–149 mg/dL
HDL-C		26	46	40–96 mg/dL
LDL-C		39	70	<140 mg/dL

TS: thyroid storm; TP: total protein; Alb: albumin; T-bil: total bilirubin; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; γ-GTP: gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; CPK: creatine phosphokinase; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; Cre: creatinine; Na: sodium; K: potassium; Cl: chloride; BNP: brain natriuretic peptide; WBC: white blood cell; PLT: platelet count; CRP: C-reactive protein; PT-INR: prothrombin time international normalized ratio; FDP: fibrin/fibrinogen degradation products; T-CHO: total cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; and LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.