THE INCIDENCE OF HEART DISEASE IN 2,000 CONSECUTIVE AUTOPSIES
Authors: W B WARTMAN, H K HELLERSTEIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Article1 January 1948THE INCIDENCE OF HEART DISEASE IN 2,000 CONSECUTIVE AUTOPSIESWILLIAM B. WARTMAN, M.D., HERMAN K. HELLERSTEIN, M.D.WILLIAM B. WARTMAN, M.D., HERMAN K. HELLERSTEIN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-28-1-41 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCONTENTSMaterial and MethodsAge, Sex and Color IncidenceComparison of Clinical and Anatomical DiagnosesHypertensive Heart DiseaseRheumatic Heart DiseaseAge, Sex and Color IncidenceIncidence of Valvular DeformitiesActive Rheumatic Heart DiseaseIncidence of Involvement of Individual ValvesIncidence of Coronary Artery Disease inEndocarditis Lenta (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis)Coronary Artery DiseaseIncidence of Cardiac Hypertrophy inMyocardial Infarcts and Coronary Artery OcclusionIncidence of InfarctsIncidence of Hypertension in Cases with InfarctsCauses of OcclusionIncidence of StenosisLocation of InfarctsLeft VentricleInterventricular SeptumRight VentricleAtriaSite of OcclusionCorrelation of Site of Coronary Occlusion...Bibliography1. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication January 13, 1947.From the Institute of Pathology, Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland.†Present address: Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill.‡Present address: University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio. 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