 |
|
Fever and Cardiac Rhythm
Jouko Karjalainen, MD;
Matti Viitasalo, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1986;146(6):1169-1171.
Abstract
• To study the effect of fever on cardiac rhythm and conduction, we recorded 24-hour electrocardiograms in 27 young men during an uncomplicated acute febrile infection (12 patients had adenovirus, four had influenza, three had Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and eight were undefined) and after recovery. During the first 24-hour recording period, the mean axillary temperature in the whole group was 38.4 °C. The mean heart rate during the febrile period was 84.0 beats per minute. After recovery, it was 66.5 beats per minute. When the temperature rose by 1 °C, the heart rate increased on the average by 8.5 beats per minute. During the febrile period, the heart rate remained high, even during sleep. The PR interval shortened significantly at a heart rate of 60 beats per minute and occasional first- or second-degree atrioventricular blocks were rarer. The QT interval shortened significantly at heart rates of 60, 80, and 100 beats
Author Affiliations
From the Central Military Hospital (Dr Karjalainen) and the First Department of Medicine, University Central Hospital, Helsinki (Dr Viitasalo).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 18, 1985.
Reprint requests to Central Military Hospital, PL5, 00281 Helsinki 28, Finland (Dr Karjalainen).
 CiteULike  Connotea  Delicious  Digg  Facebook  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter
What's this?
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES
|
Reciprocal Control of hERG Stability by Hsp70 and Hsc70 With Implication for Restoration of LQT2 Mutant Stability
Li et al.
Circ. Res. 2011;108:458-468.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death)
Developed in Collaboration With the European Heart et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;48:e247-e346.
FULL TEXT
ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death) Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society
Writing Committee Members et al.
Europace 2006;8:746-837.
FULL TEXT
Eradication of viral myocarditis: Is there hope?
Baboonian and McKenna
J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;42:473-476.
FULL TEXT
PREVALENCE OF RELATIVE BRADYCARDIA IN ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI INFECTION
ARONOFF and WATT
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2003;68:477-479.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
Antipyresis and Fever
Styrt and Sugarman
Arch Intern Med 1990;150:1589-1597.
ABSTRACT
|
