NONVALVULAR HEART DISEASE UNDER THE AGE OF FORTY-SIX YEARS
Authors: Smith O. Dexter, Dana L. Farnsworth
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 April 1937NONVALVULAR HEART DISEASE UNDER THE AGE OF FORTY-SIX YEARSSMITH O. DEXTER JR., DANA L. FARNSWORTHSMITH O. DEXTER JR.Search for more papers by this author, DANA L. FARNSWORTHSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-10-1514 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONNonvalvular heart disease, often misnamed "myocarditis," is generally regarded as a condition of degenerative nature in older patients, attributable to coronary sclerosis or hypertension or both. That it may be frequently found in youth is not well known, nor are the etiological factors behind it generally appreciated.Because of the interest and obscurity of youthful nonvalvular heart disease, we have undertaken to review a large number of cases in the pathological records of the Massachusetts General and Boston City Hospitals, focussing our attention upon the myocardial lesions which were reported. We have limited the study to younger patients and...Bibliography Dilatation and Hypertrophy of the Heart The Heart in Hypertension and Nephritis The Heart in Acute and Chronic Infections The Heart in Diseases of the Blood Myocarditis and Coronary Occlusion Congenital Idiopathic Hypertrophy The Heart in Hyperthyroidism1. EYSTER JA: Cardiac dilatation and hypertrophy, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1927, xlii, 15. Google Scholar2. SMITH HL: The relation of the weight of the heart to the weight of the body and the weight of the heart to age, Am. Heart Jr., 1928, iv, 79. 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