ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES FOLLOWING HEAT STROKE; REPORT OF A CASE
Authors: Robert Bruce Logue, James Fletcher Hanson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Case Reports1 January 1946ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES FOLLOWING HEAT STROKE; REPORT OF A CASEROBERT BRUCE LOGUE, JAMES FLETCHER HANSONROBERT BRUCE LOGUESearch for more papers by this author, JAMES FLETCHER HANSONSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-1-123 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCardiac involvement in heat stroke is generally recognized. One frequently finds marked dilatation of the right ventricle with intense pulmonary congestion at autopsy. At other times the ventricles are firmly contracted in systole. Wilson1 reported subendocardial hemorrhage in the septal region of the left ventricle in four cases. Motta2 exposed rabbits to wet and dry heat and was able to produce a variety of cardiac conditions, such as sinus tachycardia, nodal rhythm, ventricular extrasystoles, paroxysmal auricular tachycardia, auricular flutter, auricular and ventricular fibrillation, 2 to 1 heart block, Q1 and T-wave changes and increased auriculoventricular and intraventricular conduction time.Metz3...Bibliography1. WILSON G: The cardiopathology of heat stroke, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxiv, 557. Google Scholar2. MOTTA G: Il comportamente dell' elettrocardiogramma del colpo de calore provocato sul coniglio, Riv. d. pat. sper., 1937, vii, 141. Google Scholar3. METZ E: Herzschädigung durch Hitzschlag im Elektrokardiogram, Klin. Wchnschr., 1940, xix, n. r. xi, 247. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. SAFFERT C: Heat hyperpyrexia, Minnesota Med., 1937, xx, 106. Google Scholar5. GEIGER A: Electrocardiograms simulating those of coronary thrombosis after cessation of paroxysmal tachycardia, Am. Heart Jr., 1943, xxvi, 553. Google Scholar6. SMITH EE: Heat stroke a thermoregulatory incompetency, U. S. Nav. Med. Bull., 1928, xxvi, 479. Google Scholar7. MARSH F: Heat stroke and heat exhaustion, Brit. Encyclopaedia of Medical Practice, Butterworth & Co., Ltd., London, 1937. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication July 26, 1944.From the Cardiovascular Section, Medical Service, Lawson General Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe EKG in hypothermia and hyperthermiaIschemic Electrocardiographic Changes and Elevated Troponin From Severe Heatstroke in an AdolescentElectrocardiographic Abnormalities in Patients With Heat StrokeTod und Gesundheitsbeschädigung durch von außen kommende EinwirkungenLiver damage in heatstrokeThe heart in heatstrokeElectrocardiographic changes during daily work and acute exercise in permanent inhabitants of hot areasThe renal, cardiovascular, hematologic and serum electrolyte abnormalities of heat strokeCORONARY MIMICRY: NORMAL VARIANTS, AND PHYSIOLOGIC, PHARMACOLOGIC AND PATHOLOGIC INFLUENCES THAT SIMULATE CORONARY PATTERNS IN THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM*HENRY J. L. MARRIOTT, M.D.Heatstroke and jaundiceKinetosenKrankheiten aus äußeren physikalischen Ursachen 1 January 1946Volume 24, Issue 1Page: 123-127KeywordsHeartHemorrhageLeft ventricleMedical servicesRabbitsRight ventricleStrokeSystoleTachycardiaVentricular fibrillation ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...