CHRONIC PERICARDIAL EFFUSION IN MYXEDEMA: REPORT OF CASE
Authors: E. B. Freeman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1934)

Article1 March 1934CHRONIC PERICARDIAL EFFUSION IN MYXEDEMA: REPORT OF CASEE. B. FREEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.E. B. FREEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-9-1070 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe cardiac disturbances associated with hyperthyroidism have long been recognized, as shown by the abundance of literature which has accumulated on the subject. Equally striking is the comparative dearth of publications dealing with the cardiac disturbances associated with hypothyroidism. In fact, nothing on this subject is to be found in the literature until 1918, when Zondek1described under the term "Myxedema Heart" certain cardiac signs and symptoms observed in some myxedematous patients, namely: enlargement of the heart, feeble heart action, slow heart beat, normal blood pressure, and low amplitude of the auricular P- and the final ventricular T-waves in the...Bibliography1. ZONDEK H: Das Myxödemherz, München. med. Wchnschr., 1918, lxv, 1180-1182; 1919, lxvi, 681-683. Google Scholar2. FAHR G: Myxedema heart, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1925, lxxxiv, 345-349. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MEANSWHITEKRANTZ JHPDCI: Heart in myxedema, with special reference to dilatation and angina pectoris, Boston Med. and Surg. Jr., 1926, cxcv, 455-460. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. MEANS JH: Hypothyroid heart disease, New England Jr. Med., 1933, x, 541-543. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. LERMANCLARKMEANS JRJJH: The heart in myxedema, ANN. INT. MED., 1933, vi, 1251-1271. LinkGoogle Scholar6. WILLIUSHAINES FASF: Status of heart in myxedema, Am. Heart Jr., 1925, i, 67-72. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. AYMANROSENBLUMFALCON-LESSES DHM: "Myxedema heart" without evidence of cardiac insufficiency, report of two cases, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcviii, 1721-1725. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. EVANS W: Case of myxedema with ascites and atony of urinary bladder, Endocrinology, 1932, xvi, 409-416. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. CHRISTIAN HA: Personal communication. Google Scholar10. GORDON AH: Some clinical aspects of hypothyroidism, Canadian Med. Assoc. Jr., 1929, xx, 7-10. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Read before The Baltimore City Medical Society, March 3, 1933. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThyroid and the Heart: A Historical PerspectiveCholesterol pericarditisFACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC ENLARGEMENT IN MYXOEDEMACHOLESTEROL PERICARDITIS*R. B. HAINING, M.D., R. G. HAINING, M.D.Myxedema ascites: Report of two casesChronic Idiopathic Pericardial Effusion without TamponadeSyndrome of chronic massive pericardial effusionCHOLESTEROL PERICARDITIS*ARNOLD S. MOE, M.D., F. J. CAMPOS, M.D.Cholesterol PericarditisKrankheiten der SchilddrüsePERICARDIAL EFFUSION ASSOCIATED WITH MYXEDEMA*PAUL A. MARKS, M.D., BETTY S. ROOF, M.D.CHOLESTEROL PERICARDITISMassive Ascites Due to MyxedemaPericardial effusion in myxedemaPericardial effusion in myxedema 1 March 1934Volume 7, Issue 9Page: 1070-1079KeywordsBlood pressureHeartHyperthyroidismHypothyroidismSigns and symptoms ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1934 PDF downloadLoading ...