Abstract
During the past three years from 1975 to 1977, tonsillectomies were performed on 638 patients at our clinic. Among these, 42 (6.6%) presented heart disease of congenital origin in 29 cases and of acquired origin in 13 cases. A retrospective study of these patients has shown that tonsillectomy in cases of recurrent tonsillitis should be more intensively indicated in patients with heart disease than in those without complications, because the tonsil in recurrent inflammation can be the site for allergic reaction of type I to IV. Applied immunological progress may expand and modify the indications for tonsillectomy in such cases.
