Electrocardiographic changes in African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 69 (4) , 388-395
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(75)90194-7
Abstract
The electrocardiographic findings in 40 patients with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection are reported. Using rigid diagnostic criteria 7 out of 18 patients (39%) had abnormal electrocardiograms before any form of therapy and 22 of the 40 patients (55%) had abnormal electrocardiograms at some stage of the disease or its treatment. The electrocardiographic abnormalities are described and discussed and the literature is reviewed.Keywords
This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
- Jarisch-Harxheimer ReactionBMJ, 1967
- A trial of Mel W in the treatment of Trypanosoma rhodesiense sleeping sicknessTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1963
- The treatment of sleeping sickness (mainly due to Trypanosoma rhodesiense) with melarsoprolTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1963
- Myocarditis in African trypanosomiasisTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1963
- The Electrocardiogram in Population StudiesCirculation, 1960
- The ventricular complex in right ventricular hypertrophy as obtained by unipolar precordial and limb leadsAmerican Heart Journal, 1949
- The ventricular complex in left ventricular hypertrophy as obtained by unipolar precordial and limb leadsAmerican Heart Journal, 1949
- Two autopsies on rhodesiense sleeping sickness; Visceral lesions and significance of changes in cerebrospinal fluidTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1941
- The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction in trypanosomiasis with a note on the morular cells of mottTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1935
- Some clinical aspects of trypanosomiasis rhodesiensisTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1929