CORONARY THROMBOSIS, CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT AND PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN LEPROSY
Authors: J H ROGERS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 October 1960CORONARY THROMBOSIS, CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT AND PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN LEPROSYJOSEPH H. ROGERS, M.D.JOSEPH H. ROGERS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-4-746 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn July, 1957, the author reported the incidence of fatal coronary thrombosis (myocardial infarction, coronary occlusion, "coronary," "heart attack") in tuberculous white men of 40 years and above to be significantly lower than in a corresponding group without a history of tuberculosis.1 Attention was called to earlier reports on the low incidence of pulmonary embolism in tuberculous patients. The theory was advanced that tuberculous infection "provokes some response in the body which has a protective action against coronary thrombosis and thrombo-embolic phenomena in general." A circulating anticoagulant was suggested.A natural sequel to this work would be a similar study...Bibliography1. Rogers JH: Tuberculosis and coronary thrombosis, Ann. Int. Med. 47: 78, 1957. LinkGoogle Scholar2. IsraelGoldstein HLF: The varied clinical manifestations of pulmonary embolism, Ann. Int. Med. 47: 202, 1957. LinkGoogle Scholar3. WrightMcDevitt ISE: Cerebral vascular diseases: their significance, diagnosis and present treatment, including the selective use of anticoagulant substances, Ann. Int. Med. 41: 682, 1954. LinkGoogle Scholar4. RogersRogers GSJH: Unpublished data. Google Scholar5. Ross SH: The blood in leprosy: morphology, chemistry, immunology, Leprosy Briefs 6: 21, 26, 1955. Google Scholar6. Serum lipid partition in patients with leprosy and tuberculosis, Foreign Letters, J. A. M. A. 165: 1472, 1957. Google Scholar7. ZahnPierce DWCT: Venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in tuberculosis, Am. J. Med. 5: 716, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. SpitzerRosenthalWeinerShapiro JMNMS: Pulmonary embolism: its incidence at necropsy in relation to peripheral thrombosis, Ann. Int. Med. 31: 884, 1949. LinkGoogle Scholar9. GrantWassermanRodenskyThomson WCFPLRV: The incidence of myocardial infarction in portal cirrhosis, Ann. Int. Med. 51: 774, 1959. LinkGoogle Scholar10. GillilandJohnstonStradlingAbdel-Wahab ICRNPEM: Serum proteins in pulmonary tuberculosis, Brit.M. J. 1: 460, 1956. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. KeltzComstock HGW: Serum globulin levels in whites and Negroes, New England J. Med. 260: 1268, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Rajel J: A study of the fibrinolysin activity in thrombotic diseases, Acta med. scandinav. 167: 81, 1959. Google Scholar13. Osserman EF: Plasma-cell myeloma. II. Clinical aspects, New England J. Med. 261: 952, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. UngerleiderGubner HERS: Life insurance and medicine, 1st Ed., 1958, Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Ill., p. 579. Google Scholar15. Ungerleider HE: Personal communication. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Gadsden, Alabama*Received for publication November 23, 1959.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Joseph H. Rogers, M.D., American National Bank Building, Gadsden, Alabama. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCase Report: Glans penile necrosis in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 and leprosy infectionCase Report: Glans penile necrosis in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 and leprosy infectionCase Report: Glans penile necrosis in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 and leprosy infectionBlood coagulation abnormalities in multibacillary leprosy patientsEpidemiology of Coronary Artery Disease Among Hansen's Patients 1 October 1960Volume 53, Issue 4Page: 746-753KeywordsAnticoagulantsBlood plasmaCOVID-19LeprosyMedical servicesMyocardial infarctionPulmonary embolismRisk managementThrombosisTuberculosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...