LARGE PERICARDIAL EFFUSION COMPLICATING ACUTE CORONARY THROMBOSIS
Authors: E. Sterling Nichol
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Case Reports1 April 1938LARGE PERICARDIAL EFFUSION COMPLICATING ACUTE CORONARY THROMBOSISE. STERLING NICHOL, M.D., F.A.C.P.E. STERLING NICHOL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-10-1900 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe clinical features of the pericarditis found during the course of some cases of acute coronary artery thrombosis have been recently reviewed by Blumer1who rejuvenated the termpericarditis epistenocardicafirst applied to this condition in 1910 by Sternberg.2In 1872 Baumler3gave the first clinical picture ofpericarditis epistenocardica, though he was not aware of the relation of the condition he described to acute coronary artery thrombosis and in fact dubbed the pericarditis "idiopathic." He called attention to the absence of pericardial effusion in his cases. White4comments on the infrequency of pericardial effusion following coronary thrombosis and avers...Bibliography1. BLUMER G: Pericarditis epistenocardica: Frank Billings Lecture, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 178. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. STERNBERG M: Wien. med. Wchnschr., 1910, lx, 14 (cited by Blumer). Google Scholar3. BAUMLER C: Cases of partial and general idiopathic pericarditis, published in the Transactions of the Clinical Society of London, 1872 (cited by Blumer). Google Scholar4. WHITE PD: In Diseases of the coronary arteries and cardiac pain, edited by R. L. Levy, 1936, The Macmillan Company, N. Y., p. 276. Google Scholar5. LEVY RL: Ibid., page 215. Google Scholar6. LEVINE SA: Clinical heart disease, 1936, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 90. Google Scholar7. SCHWARTZ SP: Pericardial effusion following acute coronary vessel closure, Am. Heart Jr., 1934, x, 253. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. MASTERJAFFE AMHL: Coronary artery thrombosis with pericardial effusion, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, civ, 1212. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. SCHWABHERRMAN EHG: Alterations of the electrocardiogram in disease of the pericardium, Arch. Int. Med., 1935, lv, 917. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. OPPENHEIMERMANN BSH: An electrocardiographic sign in pericardial effusion, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1923, xx, 431. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. BARNES AR: Electrocardiographic pattern observed following acute coronary occlusion complicated by pericarditis, Am. Heart Jr., 1934, ix, 734. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Miami, Florida*Received for publication July 2, 1937. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byChronic Effusive Pericarditis Associated with Healed Myocardial InfarctionMassive pericardial effusion in a patient with myocardial infarctionPostmyocardial Infarction SyndromeErkrankungen des PerikardDie Coronarerkrankungen. Coronarinsuffizienz, Angina pectoris und Herzinfarkt 1 April 1938Volume 11, Issue 10Page: 1900-1906KeywordsCoronary arteriesThrombosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1938 PDF downloadLoading ...