CARDIAC ASTHMA: ITS PATHOGENESIS AND RESPONSE TO AMINOPHYLLINE
Authors: C SCHUMAN, H G SIMMONS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 March 1952CARDIAC ASTHMA: ITS PATHOGENESIS AND RESPONSE TO AMINOPHYLLINECHARLES SCHUMAN, M.D., HENRY G. SIMMONS, M.D.CHARLES SCHUMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HENRY G. SIMMONS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-3-864 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe voluminous reports bearing upon the pathogenesis of cardiac asthma, its relationship to bronchial asthma and the value of aminophylline in therapy present basic disagreements regarding both the statistical evaluation and the theoretic concepts. In an effort to clarify some aspects of these rather controversial subjects, a group of cases was collected for study. We were particularly concerned with the circulation times and the clinical response to intravenous aminophylline therapy as a suitable means of approach. The statistical summations are complemented by theoretic consideration when necessary.The cases were selected from approximately 2,000 bronchial asthma and cardiac admissions to the...Bibliography1. CottrellCuddie JDDC: The arm-to-tongue circulation time in chronic asthma, British M. J. 1: 70-71 (Jan. 17) 1942. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. BernsteinSimpkins MS: Use of magnesium sulphate in measurements of circulation times, Am. Heart J. 17: 218, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. HitzigKingFishberg WMFHAM: Circulation time in failure of left side of heart, Arch. Int. Med. 55: 112, 1935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. TarrOppenheimerSager LBSRV: Circulation time in various clinical conditions determined by sodium dehydrocholate, Am. Heart J. 8: 766, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Osler W, quoted by Weiss, S., and Robb, G. P.: Cardiac asthma (paroxysmal cardiac dyspnoea) and the syndrome of left ventricular failure, J. A. M. A. 100: 1841 (June 10) 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. WeissRobb SGP: Cardiac asthma (paroxysmal cardiac dyspnoea) and the syndrome of left ventricular failure, J. A. M. A. 100: 1841 (June 10) 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Sodeman WA: Some problems in the differential diagnosis of bronchial asthma, Am. J. M. Sc. 210: 114, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Plotz MQuoted by : Asthmatoid heart failure, Ann. Int. Med. 13: 151, 1939. LinkGoogle Scholar9. Traube quoted by Harrison, Calhoun, and Harrison.10 Google Scholar10. HarrisonCalhounHarrison WGJATR: Congestive heart failure, Arch. Int. Med. 53: 561, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. BestTaylor CHNBQuoted by : Physiological basis of medical practice, 2nd Ed., 1939, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore. Google Scholar12. Kahn MHQuoted by : Am. Heart J. 2: 424, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. Browning WH: The differentiation of bronchial asthma from sighing, dyspnoea and cardiac asthma, South. M. J. 35: 914, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. MackGrossmanKatz IMLN: The effect of pulmonary vascular congestion distensibility of lungs, Am. J. Physiol. 150: 654, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. Jiminez-Diaz C: Further studies in the mechanism of the asthma reaction, Rev. clín. españ. 21: 105-119, 1946. Google Scholar16. SwinefordMagruder ORG: Asthma in heart disease, South. M. J. 30: 829, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. Rackemann FM: Clinical allergy, 1931, The Macmillan Co., New York. Google Scholar18. KallosKallos-Deffner PL: Experimental allergic bronchial asthma, Acta med. Scandinav. 116: 409, 1944. Google Scholar19. YoungGilbert RR: The use of theophylline and ethylene diamine for the control of spasm, J. Allergy 12: 235, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. OsgoodEhret HFE: Blood pressure fluctuations in bronchial asthma, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 28: 1415-1426, 1943. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: CHARLES SCHUMAN, M.D.; HENRY G. SIMMONS, M.D.Affiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication July 13, 1951.†From the Medical Services of Gouveneur Hospital, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMUSCULOTROPIC VASODILATORS AND VASOCONSTRICTORSPATHOGENESIS OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; BRONCHIAL ASTHMA AND BRONCHIECTASISMITRAL STENOSIS AND LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE 1 March 1952Volume 36, Issue 3 Page: 864-872 Keywords Asthma Medical services Pathogenesis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...