RECOVERY FROM COMPLETE HEART BLOCK IN DIPHTHERIA

[摘要] Six patients who recovered from complete heart block in diphtheria have been reported. Four of these had intraventricular conduction disturbances as well. All but one of these patients had massive glandular and periglandular edema of the neck: a "bullneck." The shortest duration of the conduction disorders was two days. The longest was six weeks.Two of the patients who recovered showed evidence of both cardiac decompensation and peripheral vascular collapse. Three of the patients were digitalized without untoward effect and with prompt improvement in at least two of them. Four of the six patients developed peripheral paralyses during convalescence.

[学科分类] 儿科学