Some Effects of Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever on the Function of the Heart
Abstract
Clinical, electrocardiographic and hemodynamic studies were made in thirty-one patients with louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia; more detailed physiologic studies were made in a further nineteen patients. Evidence of an abnormal myocardium was obtained and transient acute cor pulmonale was found to occur after the reaction to treatment. No simple correlation could be established between clinical signs and electrocardiographic and hemodynamic evidence of myocardial damage. A statistically significant correlation was found between prolonged QTc and relative acidemia before treatment and between T wave abnormalities and hypocapnia during the chill phase of the febrile reaction following treatment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0748492
Entities
People
- A. D. Bryceson
- D. A. Warrell
- D. Vukotich
- E. H. O. Parry
- P. L. Perine