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665587 tn?1265946924

Low TSH and abnormal EKG

I had a total thyroidectomy with papillary cancer. Was treated with radiation therapy in January of 2009. I had my yearly scan done last month and all is good.
Doc is keeping my TSH level very low (last test showed <0.10).
I broke my knee and need surgery which was scheduled for Monday.
Now they call me and tell my EKG was abnormal and need to do a stress test.
I've read where thyroid issues can case weird EKG readings. Has anyone else experienced this?
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929504 tn?1332585934
Im happy that the stress test came back fine. EKG comes back abnormal for different reasons.....mine wasn't normal (go figure) it jus showed that my heartbeat "skipped" rythm...which i've had before and was due to anxiety.
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665587 tn?1265946924
Didn't have any symptoms like that. It was just when pretesting for knee surgery my EKG came back abnormal. Had to have a stress test yesterday and all is fine. Anesthesia guys just covering their butts. Hope things got straightened out for you!!
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929504 tn?1332585934
Most definitely! I just had an experience where my heart started racing and i felt flutters and heart skipping beats (these are also signs of anxiety/panic attacks as well) I also had a ekg and my heart was skipping beats all over the place...this all occured after my TT *12/09*.....discuss it with your endocrinologist.  
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