The Association of Cholecystitis With Cardiac Affections—A Study Based on 109 Cases
Authors: Morris Schwartz, Albert Herman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 January 1931The Association of Cholecystitis With Cardiac Affections—A Study Based on 109 CasesMORRIS SCHWARTZ, M.D., ALBERT HERMAN, M.D.MORRIS SCHWARTZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ALBERT HERMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-7-783 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptInstances in which infections of the gall bladder are complicated by affections of the heart are numerous and most physicians have had more or less experience with the association. It is well known that an existing cardiac affection may be greatly aggravated by a superimposed acute or chronic cholecystitis, and likewise the idea is gaining ground that a chronically diseased gall bladder may act as a focus of infection, initiating baneful changes upon organs and tissues unassociated with the gastrointestinal tract.LITERATURETessier1in 1879 classified cardiac disturbances depending on gastrohepatic diseases. Gueneau de Mussy2in 1878 stated that the...Bibliography1 TESSIER : Progrès Med., 1897, p. 725. Google Scholar2 GUENEAU DE MUSSY : Quoted by Revilont Gaz. de Hop., 1878, 666. Google Scholar3 GANCOLPHE : Du Bruit de souffle mitral dans l'ictére, Theses de Paris, 1875. Google Scholar4 FABRE : Quoted by Revilont Gaz. de Hop., 1878, 666. Google Scholar5 LEVA : Deutsch, Med. Wchnschr., 1892, XVII, 228. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 ODDO : Rev. De Med., 1893, XIII, 829. Google Scholar7 RIESMAN D: J. A. M. A., 48. 1589, May, 1907. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 RIESMAN D: Am. J. Med. Sci., 1911, CXII, 655-658. Google Scholar9 BABCOCK R: J. A. M. A., 73, 1929, June, 1909. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 BABCOCK R: J. A. M. A. 73, 1929, Dec., 1919. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 HOPPE-SEYLER : De Krankheiten der Leber, Ed. 2, Aug. 1912, p. 252. Google Scholar12 UMBER : Erkrankungen der Leber und der Gallenwege, Handbuch der innere Medizin, 2; 1239. Google Scholar13 KÜLLES : Erkrankungen der Zirkulationsorgane Handbuch der innere Medizin, 2, 1239. Google Scholar14 LICHTY MJ: Ohio State Med. Journal, 1915, XI, 779. Google Scholar15 ROLLESTON SH: Brit. Med. Jour., Mar. 6, 1920. Google Scholar16 RANSOHOFF JL: Chicago Med. Rec., 6, July 6, 1924. Google Scholar17 STRAUSSHAMBURGER DGWW: J. A. M. A., 1924, LXXXII, 706. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18 MAYO WJ: Illinois Med. Journal, 1924. XLV, 33-37. Google Scholar19 ROSENOW EC: J. A. M. A., 1914, LXIII, 903, Ibid., 1835, Ibid., 1915, LXV 1687. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20 WILLIUSFITZPATRICK FAJM: J. Iowa Med. Soc., 15, 589, Nov. 1925. Google Scholar21 LEECH CB: New England Journ. Med., 26, p. 1318, June 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar22 MASTEROPPENHEIMER AMET: J. A. M. A., 92, p. 1652, May 18, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar23 CHRISTIAN HA: Oxford Monographs on Diagnosis and Treatment, p. 129, Oxford University Press, 1928. Google Scholar24 WILLIUSBROWN FAGE: Am. Journal Med. Sci., 1924, CLXVIII, 165-180. CrossrefGoogle Scholar25 PREBLE WE: Boston M. & S. Journal, April 26, 1923. Google Scholar26 TERRY AH: J. A. M. A., 13, 1923. Google Scholar27 CABOT RC: Facts on the Heart, p. 419, W. B. Saunders Co., Phila., 1926. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia*From the Medical Service of Dr. A. I. Rubenstone, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Phila delphia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Relationship Between Coronary Heart Disease and Gallbladder Disease A Critical ReviewGARY D. FRIEDMAN, M.D., S.M. IN HYG.Gall-stones and AnaestheticsTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEART DISEASE AND GALL-BLADDER DISEASE*AMBROSE G. HAMPTON, M.D., JULIAN R. BECKWITH, M.D., F.A.C.P., J. EDWIN WOOD JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.The Association of Gallbladder Disease with Heart Disease: Clinical and Experimental ObservationsThe interrelationship of disease of the coronary arteries and gall bladderThe association of gall bladder disease and of peptic ulcer with coronary disease; A post-mortem study 1 January 1931Volume 4, Issue 7Page: 783-794KeywordsBladderGastroenterology and hepatologyGastrointestinal infectionsGastrointestinal tractHeartHeart diseasesInfectious diseasesMedical services ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1931 PDF downloadLoading ...