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The effect of uncomplicated thyrotoxicosis on the electrocardiogram and cardiac hypertrophy remains a subject of controversy, with early observers failing to find cardiac enlargement.
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Does uncomplicated thyrotoxicosis affect the electrocardiogram or cause cardiac hypertrophy?
Does uncomplicated thyrotoxicosis affect the electrocardiogram or cause cardiac hypertrophy?
The paper discusses the controversial effects of uncomplicated thyrotoxicosis on the electrocardiogram and the occurrence of cardiac hypertrophy.
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Unresolved controversy on thyrotoxicosis ECG and hypertrophy effects warrants interpretive caution; leaves open need for modern prospective data.
The effect of thyrotoxicosis on the electrocardiogram of the patient, in whom there is no clinical evidence of other types of heart disease and no cardiac arrhythmia, has been a subject of considerable controversy. A difference of opinion also exists about the occurrence of cardiac hypertrophy in uncomplicated thyrotoxicosis, that is, with no cardiac arrhythmia, congestive failure, or any associated cardiac abnormality, such as coronary artery disease, hypertension, or rheumatic heart disease. Early observers failed to find cardiac enlargement
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Gerald Sandler (1959) studied Thyrotoxicosis. Thyrotoxicosis was evaluated on Electrocardiogram changes and cardiac hypertrophy. The effect of uncomplicated thyrotoxicosis on the electrocardiogram and cardiac hypertrophy remains a subject of controversy, with early observers failing to find cardiac enlargement.
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