STUDIES IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. II. LABORATORY PROCEDURES AS DIAGNOSTIC AIDS
Authors: Samuel Baer, Harold Frankel
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 January 1944STUDIES IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. II. LABORATORY PROCEDURES AS DIAGNOSTIC AIDSSAMUEL BAER, M.D., HAROLD FRANKEL, M.D.SAMUEL BAER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD FRANKEL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-1-115 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn a previous paper1 we discussed the clinical features presented by 378 cases of acute myocardial infarction. An evaluation of the laboratory procedures commonly used in this condition was also made, based upon these 378 cases. The procedures specifically considered in this study were the leukocyte count, the sedimentation rate, the blood sugar, and the electrocardiogram.The Leukocyte Count. Levine and Tranter2first pointed out the presence of leukocytosis in acute myocardial infarction. Libman3emphasized its value in the differential diagnosis in 1925, stating that leukocytosis occurred in almost every case and might be demonstrated as early as two hours...Bibliography1. BAERFRANKEL SH: Studies in acute myocardial infarction. I. The clinical picture and diagnosis, ANN. INT. MED., 1944, xx, 108-114. Google Scholar2. LEVINETRANTER SACL: Infarction of heart simulating acute surgical abdominal conditions, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1918, clv, 67. Google Scholar3. LIBMAN E: Importance of blood examinations in recognition of thrombosis of coronary arteries, Am. Heart Jr., 1925, i, 121. Google Scholar4. MASTERDACKJAFFE AMSHL: Coronary thrombosis, Am. Heart Jr., 1937, xiii, 330. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. LEVINEBROWN SACL: Coronary thrombosis; its various clinical features, Medicine, 1929, viii, 245. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SHILLETOCHAMBERLAINLEVY FHFLRL: Cardiac infarction, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1942, cxviii, 779. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. RABINOWITZSHOOKHOFFDOUGLAS MACAH: The red cell sedimentation time in coronary occlusion, Am. Heart Jr., 1931, vii, 52. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. SHOOKOFFDOUGLASRABINOWITZ CAHMA: Sedimentation time in acute cardiac infarction, ANN. INT. MED., 1936, ix, 1101. Google Scholar9. RISEMANBROWN JEMG: The sedimentation rate in angina pectoris and coronary thrombosis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1937, cxciv, 392. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. GORHAMTHOMPSON LWHC: The erythrocyte sedimentation rate and differential leucocyte count in coronary occlusion, Internat. Clin., 1938, i, 44. Google Scholar11. CUTLER JW: Graphic presentation of blood sedimentation rate, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1926, clxxi, 882. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. CUTLER JW: A standardized technique for sedimentation rate, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1940, xxvi, 542. Google Scholar13. BARNES AR: Electrocardiogram in myocardial infarction, Arch. Int. Med., 1935, lv, 457. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. WOLFERTHWOOD CCFC: Electrocardiographic diagnosis of coronary occlusion by chest leads, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1932, clxxxiii, 30. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. WOODBELLETMCMILLANWOLFERTH FCSTMCC: Electrocardiographic study of coronary occlusion, Arch. Int. Med., 1933, lii, 752. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. WOLFERTHWOOD CCFC: Acute cardiac infarction involving anterior and posterior surfaces of the left ventricle, Arch. Int. Med., 1935, lvi, 77. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. WOODWOLFERTHBELLET FCCCS: Infarction of lateral wall of left ventricle, Am. Heart Jr., 1938, xvi, 387. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. MASTERGUBNERDACKJAFFE AMRSHL: Differentiation of acute coronary insufficiency with myocardial infarction from coronary occlusion, Arch. Int. Med., 1941, lxvii, 647. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: SAMUEL BAER, M.D.; HAROLD FRANKEL, M.D.Affiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication July 29, 1942. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySerologic tests for inflammation 1 January 1944Volume 20, Issue 1 Page: 115-119 Keywords Acute myocardial infarction AIDS Blood sugar Electrocardiography Leukocytosis Research laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...