COMPARATIVE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN ANGINA PECTORIS AND CORONARY THROMBOSIS IN THE SAME PATIENT; REPORT OF A CASE
Authors: Harold H. Rothendler
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Case Reports1 August 1945COMPARATIVE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN ANGINA PECTORIS AND CORONARY THROMBOSIS IN THE SAME PATIENT; REPORT OF A CASEHAROLD H. ROTHENDLER, M.D.HAROLD H. ROTHENDLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-23-2-268 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe literature records a relatively small number of cases of fleeting electrocardiographic changes in the course of an attack of spontaneous cardiac pain.1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8Observations have been made to correlate these changes with those occurring following a coronary occlusion, both experimentally4and clinically.9An unusual opportunity presented itself to make observations relative to this matter in a patient with coronary artery disease, who while giving an account of the character of his recurrent attacks of precordial pain, developed the symptoms he was trying to describe. Four hours later he developed a more severe and persistent...Bibliography1. BOUSFIELD G: Angina pectoris, changes in electrocardiogram during a paroxysm, Lancet, 1918, ii, 457-458. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. FEILSIEGEL HML: Electrocardiographic changes during attacks of angina pectoris, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1928, clxxv, 255-260. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. PARKINSONBEDFORD JED: Electrocardiographic changes during brief attacks of angina pectoris, Lancet, 1931, i, 15-19. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WOODWOLFERTH FCCC: Angina pectoris. The clinical and electrocardiographic phenomena of the attack and their comparison with effects of experimental coronary occlusion, Arch. Int. Med., 1931, xlvii, 339-365. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. HALL D: Electrocardiograms of two patients during attacks of angina pectoris, Lancet, 1932, i, 1254-1255. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. TURNER HB: Transient alterations in the electrocardiogram during an attack of angina pectoris terminated by the inhalation of amyl nitrite, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, c, 38-39. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SHAPIROSMYTH HHLA: Transient electrocardiographic changes noted during an attack of angina pectoris with report of a case, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1938, xxiii, 819-822. Google Scholar8. BROWHOLMAN GRDV: Electrocardiographic study during a paroxysm of angina pectoris, Am. Heart Jr., 1933, ix, 259-269. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. WILSONJOHNSTON FNFD: The occurrence in angina pectoris of electrocardiographic changes, Am. Heart Jr., 1941, xxii, 64-74. CrossrefGoogle 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 July 24, 1944.From the Cardiac Service of Dr. Harry Gold, The Hospital for Joint Diseases. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byChest PainAcute coronary artery diseases 1 August 1945Volume 23, Issue 2Page: 268-270KeywordsAnginaCoronary arteriesElectrocardiographyElectrode recordingHeart diseasesStable coronary artery diseaseThrombosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...