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    Heart 2 Sizes Too Small? Mr. Grinch, See Your Cardiologist

    Not many patients have a heart that grows three sizes in a day. Cardiologist David Kass ponders what could have caused the Grinch's abrupt change of heart in the classic TV special and movie.
    by Jon Hamilton Dec 22, 2017 2 minutes
    Jim Carrey in a scene from the 2000 version of <em>How The Grinch Stole Christmas.</em>

    The Grinch's psychological problems have been pretty well analyzed. He's got anger and empathy issues, not to mention sociopathic tendencies. No wonder he tried to steal Christmas.

    But what about the Grinch's defining physical disability: a heart that was "two sizes too small?"

    "It's a, a professor of cardiology at Johns Hopkins University who has been studying the Grinch. "We don't see this very much."

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