MYOCARDOSIS: A PLEA FOR EARLY RECOGNITION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Authors: Aaron E. Parsonnet
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 June 1938MYOCARDOSIS: A PLEA FOR EARLY RECOGNITION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASEAARON E. PARSONNET, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.P.AARON E. PARSONNET, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-12-2133 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1926, Riesman1 proposed the term "myocardosis" as a logical substitute for the meaningless and outworn concept of "chronic myocarditis." Again, in a paper read before the American College of Physicians in 1929,2 he pointed out the inadequacy of "chronic myocarditis," especially when used in describing the cardiac diseases of middle life.The favorable reception accorded our first essays on "myocardosis,"3, 4, 5and the general interest aroused by the introduction of this newer concept of heart disease, as seen in the middle and advancing age periods, prompted the authors to a further and deeper consideration of the problem and...Bibliography1. RIESMAN D: Myocardial weakness: diagnosis and treatment, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1926, x, 261. Google Scholar2. Ibid.: The failing heart of middle life, ANN. INT. MED., 1929, iii, 112. Google Scholar3. HYMANPARSONNET ASAE: Myocardosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 1645. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Ibid.: Myocardosis. II. The failing heart of middle life, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1931, cciv, 648. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. PARSONNETHYMAN AEAS: Myocardosis. III, Jr. Med. Soc. N. Jersey, 1931, xxviii, 831. Google Scholar6. HYMANPARSONNET ASAE: The failing heart of middle life, 1932, F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar7. ADAMS WP: Myocardosis, Va. Med. Mo., 1932, lix, 161. Google Scholar8. ATKINSON HC: Chronic coronary artery disease (myocardosis), Jr. Med. Assoc. Ga., 1935, xxiv, 83. Google Scholar9. BIERRING WL: Myocardosis—a syndrome; its recognition and therapeutic management, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, ci, 663. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. ELMERROSE WPWD: Physical diagnosis, 6th Ed., 1930, C. V. Mosby, St. Louis, p. 787. Google Scholar11. LIGGAN LS: Myocardosis, a problem of preventive medicine, Va. Med. Mo., 1935, lxii, 208. Google Scholar12. MATTHEWS WJ: The failing heart of middle life, Jr. Tenn. Med. Assoc., 1933, xxvi, 29. Google Scholar13. MESSINGER VS: Myocardosis, Penna. Med. Jr., 1933, xxxvii, 20. Google Scholar14. MONTES PJ: Las Miocardosis, Arch. Urug. de Med. Cir. y Especialid., 1934, iv, 193. Google Scholar15. RIESMAN D: The non-valvular diseases of the heart in middle life, South. Med. and Surg., 1930, xcii, 479. Google Scholar16. VITAL-LASSANCE : La Myocardose, Le Monde Medical, Paris, 1935, xlv, 635. Google Scholar17. DELAFIELDPRUDEN FTM: Text-book of pathology, 13th Ed., 1925, Wm. Wood & Co., New York, p. 618. Google Scholar18. WHITE PD: Diseases of the heart, 1st Ed., 1931, Macmillan, N. Y., p. 471. Google Scholar19. PERCIVAL T: The case of an angina pectoris which terminated fatally, with the dissection, Medical Commentaries, 1784, iii, 180. Google Scholar20. HEBERDEN W: Commentaries on the history and cure of diseases, 3rd Ed., 1806, pp. 362-364. Google Scholar21. HAMBURGER WW: Heart pain of functional origin, Jr. Med. Cincinnati, 1935, p. 3. Google Scholar22. KAUFMANN R: Ueber Probleme des Koronararterien Kreislaufs, Wien. klin. Wchnschr., 1926, xxxix, 437. Google Scholar23. PARSONNET AE: Abdominal manifestations in cardiovascular disease, Jr. Med. Soc. N. Jersey, 1929, xxv, 90. Google Scholar24. RIESMAN D: Myocardial disease and gastric masquerades, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 1521. CrossrefGoogle Scholar25. WEISS S: Circulatory adjustments in heart disease, ANN. INT. MED., 1931, v, 100. Google Scholar26. MYERS JA: The normal chest of the adult and the child, 1927, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore. CrossrefGoogle Scholar27. FROST HM: Pub. New Eng. Mut. Life Ins. Co., p. 136, 1926. Google Scholar28. EYSTER JA: Venous pressure, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvii, 1269. CrossrefGoogle Scholar29. PHIPPS C: Contributory causes of coronary thrombosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvi, 76. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Newark, New Jersey*Received for publication February 16, 1937. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 June 1938Volume 11, Issue 12Page: 2133-2150KeywordsCardiovascular therapyHeart diseasesMyocarditisStable coronary artery disease ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1938 PDF downloadLoading ...