Why the study?
Do acute systemic diseases with fever and tachycardia produce electrocardiographic abnormalities indicative of myocardial involvement?
Population
Patients suffering from acute disease who received no digitalis or quinidine, alongside a control group of…
Comparison
Daily electrocardiograms vs Control group of 50 cases of acute rheumatoid…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
During acute illness
Authors
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ECG changes in febrile illness warrant myocardial evaluation rather than dismissal as physiologic; supports targeted assessment but leaves open prospective validation.
Do acute systemic diseases with fever and tachycardia produce electrocardiographic abnormalities indicative of myocardial involvement?
Significant electrocardiographic abnormalities during acute febrile illnesses are not merely physiological responses to fever or tachycardia, but rather indicate true myocardial involvement.
Master et al. (1934) studied this question.
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