HEMOCHROMATOSIS AND HEART FAILURE: PRESENTATION OF A CASE WITH SURVIVAL AFTER THREE YEARS' TREATMENT BY REPEATED VENESECTION
Authors: S J GROSBERG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Case Reports1 March 1961HEMOCHROMATOSIS AND HEART FAILURE: PRESENTATION OF A CASE WITH SURVIVAL AFTER THREE YEARS' TREATMENT BY REPEATED VENESECTIONSAUL J. GROSBERG, M.D.SAUL J. GROSBERG, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-3-550 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONSince Trousseau1 first described hemochromatosis, much has been written about the disease, as to both its pathology and its possible causation. In the classic monograph by Sheldon,2 myocardial failure is mentioned as an infrequent cause of death in hemochromatosis.With the advent of the use of insulin, diabetes has ceased to be the prime cause of death in hemochromatosis, and has been replaced by hepatic and cardiac failure.The reports which have appeared in recent years dealing with the heart in hemochromatosis have all stressed the fact that, once failure has manifested itself, deterioration is rapid, with survival usually...Bibliography1. Duncan GG: Diseases of metabolism. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1959. Google Scholar2. Sheldon JH: Hemochromatosis. Oxford University Press, London, 1935. Google Scholar3. Schreiber A: Hemochromatosis and the heart. Ann. Intern. Med. 47: 1015, 1957. LinkGoogle Scholar4. Lewis HP: Cardiac involvement in hemochromatosis. Amer. J. Med. Sci. 227: 544, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. TuckerMossWilliams HSLFJP: Hemochromatosis with death from heart failure. Amer. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Oakland, California*Received for publication December 14, 1959.From the Veterans Administration Hospital, Oakland, California.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Saul J. Grosberg, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, Brooklyn 9, N. Y. 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