BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (WITH REPORT OF TWO CASES)
Authors: Arthur J. Antenucci, G. F. Eckhardt
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 September 1942BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (WITH REPORT OF TWO CASES)ARTHUR J. ANTENUCCI, M.D., F.A.C.P., G. F. ECKHARDT, M.D.ARTHUR J. ANTENUCCI, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, G. F. ECKHARDT, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-3-511 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this paper is to present two interesting cases of congenital heart disease terminating fatally with the development of bacterial endocarditis. The first case, that of bacterial endocarditis superimposed on a bicuspid aortic valve, illustrates the devastating effects produced by this combination of lesions; the second, that of bacterial endocarditis superimposed on the margins of a ventricular septal defect, presents the exceedingly rare situation of an acquired complete auriculo-ventricular dissociation related to the endocarditis.CASE REPORTSCase 1. A 36-year-old white man, prematurely gray, was admitted to the medical service of the Roosevelt Hospital on January 21, 1940,...Bibliography1. ABBOTT ME: Congenital heart disease, Nelson New Loose-Leaf Medicine, 1937, Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York, Volume IV, Part II, pp. 207-307. Google Scholar2. LEWISGRANT TRT: Observations relating to subacute infective endocarditis, Heart, 1923, x, 21-97. Google Scholar3. OSLER W: The bicuspid condition of the aortic valves, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1886, l, 185-190. Google Scholar4. MUIR R: Text-book of pathology, 2nd Edition, 1929, Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore. (The book is an English publication published in London, England, and William and Wilkins are American agents for the book), p. 336. Google Scholar5. WAUCHOPE GM: The clinical importance of variations in the number of cusps forming the aortic and pulmonary valves, Quart. Jr. Med., 1928, xxi, 383-399. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. LIBMAN E: Characterization of various forms of endocarditis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1923, lxxx, 813-818. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. THAYER WS: Studies on bacterial (infective) endocarditis, John Hopkins Hosp. Rep., 1926, xxii, Fasciculus 1, 1-185. Google Scholar8. YATER WM: Congenital heart block, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1929, xxxviii, 112-136. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. YATER WM: Congenital heart block, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, c, 1831-1837. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. YATER WM: Congenital heart block, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, cii, 1660-1664. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. YATER WM: Acquired heart block with Adams-Stokes attacks dependent upon a congenital anomaly (persistent ostium primum), ANN. INT. MED., 1934, vii, 1263-1277. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication August 14, 1941. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySubacute bacterial endocarditis of nonstreptococcic etiology 1 September 1942Volume 17, Issue 3Page: 511-518KeywordsAortic valveBacterial diseasesCongenital heart diseaseEndocarditisLesionsMedical servicesVentricular septal defects ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...