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The effects of thyrotoxicosis on the cardiovascular system are well recognized and some are very prominent. Symptoms ascribable to the overaction of the heart such as dyspncea, palpitation, tachycardia, irregularity of the heart, dizziness, and prxcordial pain have been encountered in as many as 80 per cent of a series of 148 cases of thyrotoxicosis The pathological changes in the heart occasionally associated with thyrotoxicosis have been described by Goodpasture (1921) who believed that infection might play a part in their production, and by This view has been chal- lenged by many authors When heart disease of rheumatic, hypertensive, arteriosclerotic, or other etiology is present in a person who develops thyrotoxicosis, the diagnosis
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