ACUTE CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH INTRAVENTRICULAR SEPTAL PERFORATION, BERNHEIM SYNDROME, AND SUPERIOR VENA CAVA OBSTRUCTION, DIAGNOSED CLINICALLY
Authors: Arthur M. Master, Theodore B. Russell
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Case Reports1 March 1945ACUTE CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH INTRAVENTRICULAR SEPTAL PERFORATION, BERNHEIM SYNDROME, AND SUPERIOR VENA CAVA OBSTRUCTION, DIAGNOSED CLINICALLYARTHUR M. MASTER, THEODORE B. RUSSELLARTHUR M. MASTERSearch for more papers by this author, THEODORE B. RUSSELLSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-22-3-440 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCASE REPORTThe patient, age 47, Captain USN, was admitted 4 a.m. June 15, 1942, two hours after an attack of severe precordial pain. The Captain had been in the regular Navy over 25 years. He had had no major illnesses. His blood pressure had been about 140 mm. Hg systolic and 80 mm. diastolic. Close questioning revealed that two years previously the patient had experienced a severe upper epigastric pain relieved by bicarbonate of soda and that two months prior to admission he had many mild similar experiences. It should be noted that this naval officer had performed strenuous...Bibliography1. SAGER RV: Coronary thrombosis. Perforation of the infarcted interventricular septum, Arch. Int. Med., 1934, liii, 140-152. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. MASTERJAFFE AMHL: Acute coronary artery occlusion with perforation of the interventricular septum. A clinical and electrocardiographic study, Jr. Mt. Sinai Hosp., 1935, ii, 182-186. Google Scholar3. MASTERDACKJAFFE AMSHL: Coronary artery thrombosis—mode of death and analysis of fatal cases, New York State Jr. Med., 1937, xxxvii, 1107-1111. Google Scholar4. BERNHEIM : De la systole veinuse, dans l'hypertrophie du coeur gauche, Rev. de Méd., 1910, xxx, 785-801. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication July 30, 1943.(Presented at the clinical pathological conference, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, July 28, 1942.)The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private ones of the writers and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Navy Department or the Naval Section at large. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThirteen-year survival with acquired interventricular septal defect after myocardial infarctionInterventricular Septal Rupture as a Result of Myocardial Infarction with Survival for 18 MonthsRupture of the Heart after Myocardial InfarctionPERFORATION OF THE INTERVENTICULAR SEPTUM FOLLOWING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A REPORT OF FOUR CASES DIAGNOSED ANTE MORTEM*ENRIQUE SAHAGUN, M.D., R. O. BURNS, M.D.Perforation of the interventricular septumRight ventricular stenosis of the Bernheim type in a case of septal infarctionObstructions of the superior vena cavaIV. Correlation of electrocardiographic and pathologic findings in infarction of the interventricular septum and right ventricleIII. Correlation of electrocardiographic and pathologic findings in anteroposterior infarctionPerforation of Infarcted Interventricular Septum, with Partial Heart BlockRupture of the heart following acute myocardial infarctionAcute coronary artery diseases 1 March 1945Volume 22, Issue 3Page: 440-447KeywordsBicarbonatesBlood pressureCoronary arteries ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...