Of 100 patfents with chronic tonsillitis (37 patients of chronic tonsillitis without any complication and 63 patients with complications suspected tonsillar systemic diseases), electrocardiography was undertaken before and after tonsillectomy.
Results obtained and summarized were as follows:
The pathological E.C.G. findings were recognized in 35.0% of the Patients with chronic tonsillitis, of which 31.4% was improved after tonsillectomy.
The percentage of the pathological E.C.G. findings in patients suspected some tonsillar complications were 50.9%, while in patients of chronic tonsillitis without any systemic complications, was merely 8.1%.
In 34.4% of patients who had been suspected some tonsillar systemic diseases and that recognized some pathological E.C.G. findings, the electrocardiographic findings were improved within 1 week or 15 months after tonsillectomy.