ANEURYSM OF THE AORTA RUPTURING INTO THE RIGHT VENTRICLE
Authors: William H. Harris, Herbert J. Schattenberg
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 June 1944ANEURYSM OF THE AORTA RUPTURING INTO THE RIGHT VENTRICLEWILLIAM H. HARRIS JR., B.A., M.D., HERBERT J. SCHATTENBERG, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P.WILLIAM H. HARRIS JR., B.A., M.D., HERBERT J. SCHATTENBERG, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-6-961 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAneurysms of the thoracic aorta are quite common; rupture into the right ventricle as herein reported is, however, of infrequent occurrence. Boyd1states that "0.1 to 0.5 per cent of deaths in American cities are due to aneurysms in the thorax." Lemann2noted aneurysms of the thoracic aorta in 0.3 per cent of all patients examined in a series of 2,000 autopsies. A similar incidence in postmortem studies was noted by Geraci3and by Ogden.4In these aneurysms, rupture occurred in from 39 per cent5to 52 per cent1of the cases reported. 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