Electrocardiographic Changes in Reiter's Syndrome

Aortic incompetence and active myocarditis in Reiter's disease.

“…ST segment elevation of pericarditis, with or without clinical evidence, has been described by Csonka and others (1961), Paronen (1948), and Mayne (1955).…”

Cardiac Lesions in Reiter's Disease

“…There was no follow-up of these cases and the clinical evidence ,does not justify the claims made. Later some clinicians used electrocardiography as a routine investigation in Reiter's disease, and abnormal tracings were reported in a fairly high proportion of cases (Master and Jaffe, 1934;Gadrat and Morel, 1935;Candel and Wheelock, 1945;Feiring, 1946;Warthin, 1948;Lovgren and Masreliez, 1949;Shapiro et al, 1949;Trier, 1950;Weinberger et al, 1952;Mayne, 1955). The most constant finding was a prolonged P-R interval and sometimes there was a flattening of the T wave.…”

Spinal bony bridging and carditis in Reiter's disease.

“…Cardiac involvement in the acute stages of Reiter's disease has been described by several authors in recent years (Feiring, 1946;Warthin, 1948;Trier, 1950;Mayne, 1955;Csonka and Oates, 1957;Neu, Reider, and Mack, 1960;Weinberger and others, 1962), the most common findings being a prolongation of the PR interval with variable flattening of the T wave. Paronen (1948) published his observations on 344 post-dysenteric cases of Reiter's disease and there were twenty subjects with abnormal electrocardiograms out of 308 patients examined in this way (6-5 per cent.…”