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Could too much synthroid (thyroxine) cause heart block?
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Thyroid: Too much synth rood would usually cause too rapid a heart rate. In an occasional patient the tachycardia could have some av block associated. Too little thyroid would be a more common cause of block.
Answered 10/20/2013
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