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R Wickamasekaran

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Complete heart block with hyperthyroidism.

Thyrotoxicosis developed in a patient while receiving thyroid hormone therapy for clinical hypothyroidism. The development of second-degree heart block of Mobitz type 1 variety was followed by third- and then first-degree heart block. We conclude that the varying degrees of heart block were secondary to hyperthyroxinemia caused by Graves' disease and exogenous thyroid hormone.

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