RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE IN NEW GUINEA: INCLUDING A CARDIOVASCULAR SURVEY OF 200 NATIVE PAPUANS
Authors: Harold D. Levine
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 May 1946RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE IN NEW GUINEA: INCLUDING A CARDIOVASCULAR SURVEY OF 200 NATIVE PAPUANSHAROLD D. LEVINEHAROLD D. LEVINESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-5-826 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn October 1944 Major A. M. Harvey of Baltimore showed the writer a case of rheumatic heart disease with mitral and aortic stenosis and insufficiency in a native with acute cardiac decompensation at the Native Hospital conducted by Angau (Australia-New Guinea Administrative Unit) at Lae, Mandated Territory of New Guinea. This patient died a few weeks later but permission for a postmortem examination was not obtained. In view of the prevalent belief that rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are only exceptionally encountered in the tropics, this case was considered a medical rarity. 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