HEART BLOCK IN THE YOUNG
Authors: I. I. Lemann
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 December 1933HEART BLOCK IN THE YOUNGI. I. LEMANN, M.D., F.A.C.P.I. I. LEMANN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-6-779 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is generally thought that heart block occurs exclusively in persons past middle age, chiefly in those of old age. A review of the literature of the past six years will soon yield a very different impression. I have been able to find in the literature reports of 99 cases of atrioventricular block occurring in patients below the age of 30. There are, in addition to these, several other titles in the literature to which I have not had access, or concerning which I am not certain. The probable number reported is, therefore, approximately 100. In five the diagnosis was...References1. WHITE P: Heart disease, 1931, Macmillan Company, New York, p. 673. Google Scholar2. ARCHIGÈNE D: Thèse de Paris, 1927. Google Scholar3. YATER WM: Congenital heart block; review of literature; report of case with incomplete heterotaxy; electrocardiogram in dextrocardia, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1929, xxxviii, 112-136. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WOODROGERS WAH: Congenital heart block; report of case, Calif. and West. Med., 1932, xxxvi, 397-398. Google Scholar5. SPRAGUEWHITE HBPD: High-grade heart block under age of thirty, Med. Clin. North Am., 1927, x, 1235-1250. Google Scholar6. DE MASSARYLIAN : Quoted by Archigène.2 Google Scholar7. JEANNINCLERC CA: Dissociation auriculo-ventriculaire et grossesse, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris, 1927, li, 122-127. CLERC, A., and LEVY, R.: Evolution de la dissociation auriculo-ventriculaire chez les jeunes sujets, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris, 1928, lii, 490-498. LAUBRY: Quoted by Archigène.2 TITUS, R. S., and STEVENS, W. B.: Normal pregnancy in patient with preexisting complete heart block, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gynec., 1931, xxii, 773-777. DRESSLER, W.: Schwangerschaft und Herzblock, Wien. Arch. f. inn. Med., 1927, xiv, 83-96. HERRMANN, G., and KING, E. L.: Cardiovascular disturbances in the obstetric patient, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xcv, 1472-1476. Google Scholar8. CLERCLEVY AR: Evolution de la dissociation auriculo-ventriculaire chez les jeunes sujets, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris, 1928, lii, 490-498. Google Scholar9. CALANDRE : Quoted by Archigène.2 Google Scholar10. ZANDER : Quoted by CLERC and LEVY.8 Google Scholar11. TAUSSIG : Quoted by Archigène.2 Google Scholar12. JACQUIER : Quoted by Archigène.2 Google Scholar13. WILLIUS FA: Complete heart block of unusually long duration, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clinic, 1931, vi, 196-200. Google Scholar14. HYMAN HT: Asymptomatic heart block of long duration, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 27. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. ALDRICHLAMPARD ME: Heart block associated with congenital heart disease, Arch. Dis. Childhood, 1928, iii, 212-220. Google Scholar16. BUTLERLEVINE SSA: Diphtheria as cause of late heart block, Am. Heart Jr., 1930, v, 592-598. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. ŠVEJCARFRANCOVÁ-HELBICHOVA A: Rare case of congenital cardiopathy associated with sino-auricular block in infant, Časop. lék. česk., 1931, lxx, 1775-1777. Google Scholar18. GODFREYPALMER JWRS: Congenital complete heart block; report of additional case, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1932, ccvii, 575-577. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. CARTERHOWLAND EPJ: Occurrence of congenital atrio-ventricular dissociation; report of case of congenital complete heart block, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1920, xxxi, 351. Google Scholar20. WILSONGRANT JGRT: A case of congenital malformation of the heart in an infant associated with partial heart block, Heart, 1925, xii, 295-305. YATER, W. M.: Congenital heart block, report of case with incomplete heterotaxy, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clinic, 1928, iii, 320-322. ABBOTT: Personal communication to WHITE. Quoted by GODFREY and PALMER.18 PEROTTI: Quoted by YATER.3 Google Scholar21. ARMSTRONGMÖNCKEBERG HJG: Herzblock, bedingt durch primären Herztumor, bei einem 5-jährigen Kind, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1911, cii, 144-166. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New Orleans, Louisiana*Read before the Association of American Physicians, Washington, D. C., May 9, 1933. Received for publication June 7, 1933.From the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, and The Medical Service, Touro Infirmary. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHEART BLOCK AND PREGNANCY. (A Review)Complete heart block in a case of pregnancy 1 December 1933Volume 7, Issue 6Page: 779-787KeywordsHeartMedical services ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...