CHRONIC CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF THIRTY-SEVEN CASES
Authors: Marlow B. Harrison, Paul D. White
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 November 1942CHRONIC CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF THIRTY-SEVEN CASESMARLOW B. HARRISON, M.D., PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., F.A.C.P.MARLOW B. HARRISON, M.D., PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-5-790 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough constrictive pericarditis has been recognized for many years, it was not until the advent of modern thoracic surgery and its meticulous attention to technic and anesthesia that surgical treatment of the disease has been possible, with gratifying results in small but important groups of cases, gathered especially in Boston,1 Nashville,2 and Cleveland.3 An adequate historical review of the disease and its recognition has been given by White1 and by Blalock and Burwell.2 It is our purpose in this paper to present a follow-up study of 37 cases of constrictive pericarditis which have been seenat the Massachusetts General Hospital,...References1. WHITE PD: Chronic constrictive pericarditis (Pick's disease) treated by pericardial resection (St. Cyres Lecture), Lancet, 1935, ii, 539-548; 1935, ii, 597-603. Google Scholar2. BLALOCKBURWELL ACS: Chronic pericardial disease. Report of twenty-eight cases of constrictive pericarditis, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1941, lxxiii, 433-461. Google Scholar3. BECKCUSHING CSEH: Circulatory stasis of intrapericardial origin; clinical and surgical aspects of Pick's syndrome, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, cii, 1543-1548. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. CHURCHILL ED: Decortication of heart (Delorme) for adhesive pericarditis, Arch. Surg., 1929, xix, 1457-1469. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WHITECHURCHILL PDED: Relief of obstruction to circulation in case of chronic constrictive pericarditis (concretio cordis), New England Jr. Med., 1930, ccii, 165-168. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SPRAGUEBURCHWHITE HBHAPD: Adherent pericardium and Pick's syndrome, New England Jr. Med., 1932, ccvii, 483-489. 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 February 6, 1942. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byConstrictive pericarditisFunktion des Perikards für die Pumpleistung des Herzens unter physiologischen und pathologischen BedingungenPericardial constrictionDie Eingriffe am HerzbeutelMyocardial Fibrosis in Constrictive PericarditisFibrocalcific Constrictive Pericarditis Due to Histoplasma capsulatumTuberculous pericarditis∗Die konstriktive Perikarditis und die Ergebnisse ihrer operativen BehandlungThe evolution and current concepts of the surgical treatment of constrictive pericarditisKlinik und Therapie des PanzerherzensErkrankungen des PerikardCalcification of the pericardium caused by a hitherto unrecognized etiological factorCONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS: A REVIEW AND LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF 78 CASES*JOHN C. DALTON, M.D., R. J. PEARSON JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., M.A.C.P.Factors in the Etiology of Constrictive PericarditisCalcification of the Pericardium in Apparently Healthy PeopleChronic constrictive pericarditis and rheumatic heart diseaseACUTE NONSPECIFIC PERICARDITIS COMPLICATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FIBROUS PERICARDIUM*JOSEPH K. FREILICH, M.D.CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITISChronic Cardiac Compression (Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis)PERICARDIECTOMY IN TWO CASES OF CHRONIC CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS*ALEXANDER E. W. ADA, M.D., OSWALD R. JONES, M.D., F.A.C.P., ARCHIBALD D. SHEERAN, M.D.THE RECOGNITION AND CORRECTION OF CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITISCONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS WITH OBSTRUCTION OF PULMONARY VEINSMetastatic carcinoma as a cause of constrictive pericarditis 1 November 1942Volume 17, Issue 5Page: 790-806KeywordsAnesthesiaThoracic surgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...