The heart in acute anterior poliomyelitis

Occurrence of Myocarditis in Paralytic Poliomyelitis

“…Bjerre-Christensen (1956) picked out, in retrospect, arrhythmia, P-wave changes, and conduction disturbances as suggestive of myocarditis. Gefter et al (1947) thought clinical findings less instructive than E.C.G. abnormalities; these increased with severity of case, though myocardial derangement could only be inferred.…”

Cardiovascular Disturbances in Poliomyelitis

“…No differences in skin temperature of the paralyzed extremity when compared to the unaffected one could be detected at 0, 21, and 40 days after poliomyelitis first appeared. Ten determinations were made of the temperature of paralyzed gastrocnemius muscles and corresponding uninvolved ones; 5 were studied in the first 20 days, and 5 between 21 and 40 days after the disease started. The values were found to be essentially the same on both sides.…”

Adult Pyloric Obstruction Due to a Mucosal Diaphragm

“…Gefter et al (1947), in describing 11 fatal cases, with myocardial pathology in five out of six necropsies, stated that they showed little clinical evidence of cardiac disease. Standard works do not mention cardiac signs in their accounts of poliomyelitis.…”