STUDIES ON THE AGING HEART. I. THE PATTERN OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE IN OLD AGE (A CLINICAL-PATHOLOGICAL STUDY)
Authors: P KAUFMAN, H POLIAKOFF
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Article1 May 1950STUDIES ON THE AGING HEART. I. THE PATTERN OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE IN OLD AGE (A CLINICAL-PATHOLOGICAL STUDY)PAUL KAUFMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., HARVEY POLIAKOFF, M.D.PAUL KAUFMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., HARVEY POLIAKOFF, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-5-889 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe heart in old age presents problems of the utmost clinical significance since this is the age when the heart most commonly begins to fail. That this is true of arteriosclerotic and hypertensive heart diseases is unquestionably accepted. Our present study gives evidence that rheumatic fever is also a significant and important etiological factor in heart disease and in congestive heart failure of old age. Improved management with resultant increased longevity as well as improved diagnostic acumen have both led to an increase in the number of clinically recognized cases of rheumatic heart disease in the latter half of...Bibliography1. WhiteBland PDEF: Mitral stenosis after 80, J. A. M. A. 116: 2001-2004, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Cabot RC: Facts on the heart, 1926, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia. Google Scholar3. DeGraffLingg ACC: The course of rheumatic heart disease in adults, Am. Heart J. 10: 459-477, 1935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WartmanHellerstein WBHK: The incidence of heart disease in 2000 consecutive autopsies, Ann. Int. Med. 28: 41-65, 1948. LinkGoogle Scholar5. Gelfman R: The incidence of acute and subacute bacterial endocarditis in rheumatic heart disease, Ann. Int. Med. 19: 253-255, 1943. LinkGoogle Scholar6. ClairborneWolff TSBP: Rheumatic heart disease; postmortem studies, South. M. J. 34: 684-689, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. DecherdHerrmann GMGR: Rheumatic heart disease in Texas, Texas State J. M. 39: 229-231, 1943. Google Scholar8. BrunoEngelhardt FEHT: A clinico-pathologic study of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the white and Negro races, New Orleans M. and S. J. 95: 234-238, 1942. Google Scholar9. BoasPerla EPD: Mitral stenosis after fifth decade, Am. J. M. Sc. 120: 529-538, 1925. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. BakerMusgrave LAD: A study of mitral stenosis in patients who survived the age of 50, Ann. Int. Med. 26: 901-912, 1947. LinkGoogle Scholar11. RosenthalFeigen JI: Pathology of the mitral valve in the older age groups, Am. Heart J. 33: 346-361, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Poliakoff H: Mild rheumatic reaction in Coast Guard recruits, Am. J. M. Sc. 213: 37-40, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. StoneFeil CSHS: Mitral stenosis; clinical and pathological study in 100 cases, Am. Heart J. 18: 53-62, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. Dawson MH: Incidence of rheumatic heart disease in rheumatoid arthritis, Nelson Loose Leaf Medicine, 1937, v. Google Scholar15. Kaufman P: Relationship between nutritional deficiencies, contributory diseases, and resistance to infection, Bull. N. Y. Acad. Med. 20: 414-415, 1944. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: PAUL KAUFMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.; HARVEY POLIAKOFF, M.D.*Received for publication July 31, 1948.From the Second Medical Division of Goldwater Memorial Hospital, New York City, Director, R. D. Beck, M.D. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAging and aging-related diseases: from molecular mechanisms to interventions and treatmentsErworbene HerzklappenfehlerDas Altern des menschlichen HerzensIncidence of significant coronary artery disease in rheumatic valvular heart diseaseACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER AND CARDITIS IN OLDER ADULTSAutopsy Studies in AtherosclerosisMitral Valve Disease over the Age of 50The coexistence of rheumatic and arteriosclerotic heart disease in patients over the age of 40 years 1 May 1950Volume 32, Issue 5 Page: 889-904 Keywords Aging Cardiovascular therapy Heart Heart failure Longitudinal studies Rheumatic fever ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...