OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE OF THE STATE OF ACQUIRED VALVE LESIONS OBTAINED WITHOUT TRAUMA BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERY
Authors: W DOCK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 November 1960OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE OF THE STATE OF ACQUIRED VALVE LESIONS OBTAINED WITHOUT TRAUMA BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERYWILLIAM DOCK, M.D., F.A.C.P.WILLIAM DOCK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-5-936 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptObjective criteria of the results of therapy permitted the development of effective management for tuberculosis, pernicious anemia, diabetes and prostatic cancer, while false hopes had been aroused by enthusiasts or quacks whose claims for cures of consumption or cancer were based on the sense of well-being in their patients, with no objective evidence of control of the disease. For physicians familiar with the contrasting histories of effective management and bogus cures, it was disturbing to note the emphasis on how well patients felt after mitral valvotomy, and the absence of objective evidence of change in cardiac function in most reported...Bibliography1. Wells BG: The assessment of mitral stenosis by phonocardiography, Brit. Heart J. 16: 261, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Kelly JJ: The diagnostic value of phonocardiography in mitral stenosis, Am. J. Med. 19: 862, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. WolferthMargolies CCA: Movements of roentgen-opaque deposits in heart valve areas; their relation to heart sounds and auricular filling, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 52: 346, 1937. Google Scholar4. Rigler LG: Roentgen kymography in demonstration of calcified valves of the heart, Am. J. Roentgenol. 47: 480, 1942. Google Scholar5. McKusick VA: The study of mitral regurgitation by roentgen kymography, with observations on the movement of cardiac calcifications, Am. J. Roentgenol. 71: 961, 1954. Google Scholar6. BrandtRuskin JLHD: The effect of posture and respiration on the slit kymogram of normals and of subjects with mitral stenosis, Am. J. Roentgenol. 75: 160, 1956. Google Scholar7. Dock W: Porter Lectures, Series 21, 1956, University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, pp. 24-34. Google Scholar8. Dock W: The three-plane ballistocardiogram in heart failure, Am. J. Cardiol. 3: 384, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Dock W: Loud presystolic sounds over the jugular veins associated with high venous pressure, Am. J. Med. 20: 853, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, N. Y.*Received for publication April 29, 1960.Presented as a Morning Lecture at the Forty-first Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, San Francisco, California, April 6, 1960.From the Department of Medecine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N. Y.†This work was supported by Grant H-1250 from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.Requests for reprints should be addressed to William Dock, M.D., Department of Medicine, State University of New York College of Medicine, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn 3, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySpätergebnisse operierter Mitralstenosen 1 November 1960Volume 53, Issue 5Page: 936-943KeywordsLesionsMedical educationMedical servicesPernicious anemiaProstate cancerProstate diseasesStenosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...