Abstract
In the case of operation for the pulmonary tuberculosis, it must be remenbered that the heart of the patient is not always healthy. In this meaning it is very important to know the infl uence of various collapse therapies upon the heart. Results of my studies on this relation through electrocardiogram examined for 2 months after operation are as follows. Electrocardiograms of the patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis show 1) drop heart at 46.7%, 2) abnormality of P wave, mostly slight slip P and prolongation of P wave at 63.3%, 3) predominance of the right ventricle at 33.3% and the left at 3.3%, 4) the case in which the calculated value of P-Q interval is smaller than the observed value at 56.7%, and the pathological increase of P-Q interval is indicated at 3.3%, 5) the case in which QRS interval is prolonged as compared with normal, and "pathological increase is indicated at 6.7%, 6) the case in which the calculated value of Q-T interval is smaller than the observed value at 36.7%, and 7) myocardial damage at 83.3%. And one very serious case of them was dead soon after the Semb's thoracoplasty.
