COUGH AS A SYMPTOM OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Authors: J H CURRENS, P D WHITE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 March 1949COUGH AS A SYMPTOM OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEJAMES H. CURRENS, M.D., PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., F.A.C.P.JAMES H. CURRENS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-30-3-528 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCough is such a common complaint that it often attracts but little attention. This is particularly true when the cough is nonproductive and when there is no hoarseness, fever, or chest pain. It is easy to understand, therefore, how cough as a symptom may be neglected frequently in patients with cardiovascular disease in contrast to more definitive and impressive symptoms such as shortness of breath and chest or arm pain. This seems generally to be the case, since there are only a few reports pertaining to cough as a symptom in cardiovascular disease, and the majority of these have originated...Bibliography1. BLINDPICARD AR: La toux cardiaque dans la maladie mitrale, Paris med., 1917, vii, 428. Google Scholar2. WERTHEIMER R: Spasmodic cough with the failing heart, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1926, lxxxvi, 385. Google Scholar3. KING GL: Different diagnoses of cough, Ohio State Med. Jr., 1939, xxxv, 1183. Google Scholar4. KLEIBER E: Long productive cough as symptom of mitral stenosis with thrombosis, Ann. Int. Med., 1941, xv, 899. Google Scholar5. MELSON OC: Cough as a significant symptom, Jr. Arkansas Med. Soc., 1941, xxxviii, 82. Google Scholar6. WHITE PD: Heart disease, 3rd ed., 1943, Macmillan Company. Google Scholar7. LEVINE SA: Clinical heart disease, 3rd ed., 1945, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar8. HAMILTONWOODBURYHARPER WFRAHT: Arterial and venous pressure during cough, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1944, cxli, 42. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Cabot Case 33131, New England Jr. Med., 1947, ccxxxvi, 481. Google Scholar10. POPPEDEOLIVEIRA JKHR: Treatment of syphilitic aneurysms by cellophane wrapping, Jr. Thorac. Surg., 1946, xv, 186. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. GROSS RE: Surgical relief for tracheal obstruction from a vascular ring, New England Jr. Med., 1945, ccxxxiii, 586. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. SWEETFINDLAYREYERSBACH RHCWGC: The diagnosis and treatment of tracheal and esophageal obstruction due to congenital vascular ring, Jr. Pediat., 1947, xxx, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. WHITE PD: Chronic constrictive pericarditis over the left heart chambers and its surgical relief, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1948, ccxvi, 378. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication December 13, 1947. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCoughKrankheiten der Gefäße 1 March 1949Volume 30, Issue 3Page: 528-543KeywordsCardiovascular diseasesDyspneaFeversIschemiaThorax Issue Published: 1 March 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...