THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEART DISEASE AND GALL-BLADDER DISEASE
Authors: A G HAMPTON, J R BECKWITH, J E WOOD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 May 1959THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEART DISEASE AND GALL-BLADDER DISEASEAMBROSE G. HAMPTON, M.D., JULIAN R. BECKWITH, M.D., F.A.C.P., J. EDWIN WOOD JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.AMBROSE G. HAMPTON, M.D., JULIAN R. BECKWITH, M.D., F.A.C.P., J. EDWIN WOOD JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-5-1135 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe purpose of this report is to survey the relationship between heart disease and gall-bladder disease. A review of the American literature will be presented and the physiologic mechanisms in the above relationship will be discussed. The principles of diagnosis and risk of surgery in these patients will be reviewed and illustrative cases presented.INCIDENCEIt is well known that the incidence of coexisting gall-bladder disease and heart disease is high in the older age group. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Charlottesville, Virginia*Received for publication November 18, 1957.From the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Julian R. Beckwith, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia. 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