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Experimental hyperthyroidism was induced in male white rats by the administration of T3. A significant degree of cardiac hypertrophy was produced. The hearts were fixed in a 4% solution of formaldehyde, and the ventricles were partitioned and weighed. The right ventricle showed proportionally a greater degree of hypertrophy (on a percentage basis almost twofold) than the left.
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