TRENDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SYPHILIS
Authors: A RIMSA, G C GRIFFITH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 May 1957TRENDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SYPHILISALFREDS RIMSA, M.D., GEORGE C. GRIFFITH, M.D., F.A.C.P.ALFREDS RIMSA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GEORGE C. GRIFFITH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-5-915 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONCardiovascular syphilis remains a serious threat to life and health despite its decreasing incidence and the increasingly efficient armamentarium of the cardiologist. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of cardiovascular syphilis in similar hospital populations, to describe changing methods of diagnosis and treatment, and to determine, insofar as possible, the effect of such treatment on the course of the disease.According to the records of the Los Angeles County Hospital for 1945-1954, 1,002 persons were admitted during that period with diagnoses of "cardiovascular syphilis," "blood vessel syphilis" and/or "aneurysm of thoracic aorta." Charts of 954 of these...Bibliography1. Bauer TJ: Public health problems in syphilis control, J. A. M. A. 152: 300, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Wright JJ: Venereal disease control, J. A. M. A. 147: 1408, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. White PD: Changes in relative prevalence of various types of heart disease in New England, J. A. M. A. 152: 303, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Anderson WA: Pathology, 2nd Ed., 1953, The C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, p. 459. Google Scholar5. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Received for publication September 7, 1956.From the University of Southern California School of Medicine, Department of Medicine (Cardiology), and the Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles, California.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Alfreds Rimsa, M.D., Department of Medicine Cardiology, Box 25, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1200 North State Street, Los Angeles 33, California.†The colored patients in this study were an admixture of white and Negro; the white persons were mostly of Mexican descent. 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