SCREENING FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN BALTIMORE
Authors: C M WYLIE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 May 1958SCREENING FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN BALTIMORECHARLES M. WYLIE, M.D., Dr.P.H.CHARLES M. WYLIE, M.D., Dr.P.H.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-5-1070 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the last 20 years medical and public health authorities have recognized cardiovascular disease as an increasing problem, the control of which requires both organized community and individual action.Ten million persons in the United States are estimated to have cardiovascular disease, which causes one out of every two deaths.1 Patients with these long-term diseases lose many workdays and have much permanent disability. These facts increase the importance of cardiovascular disease as a community problem.Statistics for this group of diseases are based on the incidence and prevalence of diagnosed cases. However, some apparently well persons can have early cardiovascular...Bibliography1. Stewart WH: Research Progress Report: High blood pressure, Pub. Health Rep. 70: 64, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. RobertsWylie DWCM: Multiple screening in the Baltimore study of chronic illness, J. A. M. A. 161: 1442, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. BrodmanErdmannLargeWolff EAJIHG: Cornell Medical Index—health questionnaire. II. As a diagnostic instrument, J. A. M. A. 145: 152, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. PhillipsChapmanGoerke EJMLS: Relative values of techniques used in detection of heart disease, Am. Heart J. 45: 319, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Phillips E: Cardiac screening procedures, California Med. 82: 118, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. Heart disease screening in x-ray surveys, Pub. Health Rep. 68: 415, 1953. Google Scholar7. Thomas CB: The significance of electrocardiographic abnormalities in young adults, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 74: 229, 1944. Google Scholar8. WilsonRosenbaumJohnston FNFFFD: Interpretation of the ventricular complex of the electrocardiogram, in Advances in internal medicine, edited by W. Dock and I. Snapper, Vol. 2, 1947, Interscience Publishers, Inc., New York, p. 1. Google Scholar9. DawberKannelLoveStreeper TRWBDERB: Electrocardiogram in heart disease detection, Circulation 5: 559, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. KurlanderHillEnterline ABEHPE: An evaluation of some commonly used screening tests for heart disease and hypertension, J. Chron. Dis. 2: 427, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. WithamJones ACHB: The relative value of electrocardiography and photoroentgenography for cardiac surveys, Am. Heart J. 51: 186, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Pickering GW: High blood pressure, 1955, Grune and Stratton, Inc., New York. Google Scholar13. Recommendations for human blood pressure determinations by sphygmomanometers, 1951, American Heart Association, New York. Google Scholar14. MasterGarfieldWalters AMAMMB: Normal blood pressure and hypertension: new definitions, 1952, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar15. (a) Ideal weights for women, Statistical Bulletin, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York 23: 6, 1942. (b) Ideal weights for men, Statistical Bulletin, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York 24: 6, 1943. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Received for publication March 8, 1957.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Charles M. Wylie, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore 5, Maryland. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe epidemiology of coronary heart diseaseCare of the Chronic Cardiac 1 May 1958Volume 48, Issue 5Page: 1070-1077KeywordsCardiovascular diseasesDisabilitiesElectrocardiographyOverweightPrevention, policy, and public health ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...