THE INCIDENCE OF ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS IN RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
Authors: Raymond Gelfman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 August 1943THE INCIDENCE OF ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS IN RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASERAYMOND GELFMAN, M.D.RAYMOND GELFMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-2-253 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is well known that the possibility of developing acute or subacute bacterial endocarditis constitutes a decided threat to the patient with rheumatic disease.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Fully 20 to 25 per cent of all patients whose hearts have been the site of preëxisting rheumatic activity are said to fall prey to the ravages of infectious endocarditis. Moreover, 90 per cent or more of all bacterial endocarditis is found in hearts that have been previously damaged by the rheumatic infection.5Believing that it might prove profitable to inquire once again into the incidence of superimposed infectious processes...Bibliography1. BLUMER G: Subacute bacterial endocarditis, Medicine, 1923, ii, 105. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. FULTONLEVINE MNSA: Subacute bacterial endocarditis, with special reference to valvular lesions and previous history, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1932, clxxxiii, 60. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. DAVISWEISS DS: The relation of subacute and acute bacterial endocarditis to rheumatic endocarditis, New England Jr. Med., 1933, xii, 619. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. KEEFER C: The pathogenesis of bacterial endocarditis, Am. Heart Jr., 1940, xix, 352. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. CHRISTIAN HA: The determinative background of subacute bacterial endocarditis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1941, cci, 34. Google Scholar6. LAWSLEVINE CLSA: Clinical notes on rheumatic heart disease with special reference to the cause of death, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1933, clxxxvi, 833. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. HEDLEY OF: Rheumatic heart disease in Philadelphia hospitals, Pub. Health Rep., 1940, lv, 1707. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication March 12, 1942.From the Medical clinic of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS IN A SYDNEY HOSPITAL FROM 1960 TO 1965Infective Endocarditis in the Antibiotic EraChronic Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease in IcelandDie Herz- und GefäßkrankheitenBACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS IN THE AGED*JACQUES B. WALLACH, M.D., MACELLIS GLASS, B.A., LESLIE LUKASH, M.D., ALFRED A. ANGRIST, M.D.Mitral Valve Disease over the Age of 50STUDIES 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.Bacterial Endocarditis in the ElderlyMITRAL STENOSIS IN LATER LIFESubacute bacterial endocarditis in the aged 1 August 1943Volume 19, Issue 2Page: 253-255KeywordsBacterial diseasesBacterial physiologyCardiovascular therapyChildrenEndocarditisFallsHeartHospitalsInfantsInfectious diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...