EARLY RECOGNITION OF MYOCARDIAL DISEASE
Authors: Walter L. Bierring
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1934)

Article1 October 1934EARLY RECOGNITION OF MYOCARDIAL DISEASEWALTER L. BIERRING, M.D., F.A.C.P.WALTER L. BIERRING, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-8-4-497 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe diagnostic signs of myocardial disease may be grouped under two classes: first those which are based on morphologic changes with obvious physical symptoms that make a direct appeal to the senses, and second those that are based on functional reactions, entirely subjective in character and often not susceptible to recognition by the human sense organs.In general practice two or possibly three distinct types of heart disease are encountered. In childhood and young life the valvular affections prevail, usually the sequel of the acute infectious diseases, principally rheumatic and streptococcic infections which generally attack the valvular endocardium, but may...References1. MACKENZIE J: Symptoms and their interpretations, 1918, Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., New York. Google Scholar2. WIGGERS CJ: Physiologic meaning of common clinical signs and symptoms in cardiovascular disease, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvi, 603-610. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. RIESMAN D: Myocardial disease and its gastric masquerades, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 1521-1523. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. KAUFFMAN R: Über Probleme des Koronararterien-Kreislaufes, Wien. klin. Wchnschr., 1926, xxxix, 437, 477. Google Scholar5. HERRICK JB: Angina pectoris, Northwest Med., 1925, xxiv, 360-367. Google Scholar6. CHRISTIAN HA: Chronic nonvalvular cardiac disease or myocardial insufficiency and its therapeutic management, ANN. INT. MED., 1931, v, 95-99. Google Scholar7. STROUD WD: Importance and most satisfactory clinical methods of estimating myocardial reserve, Am. Heart Jr., 1926, i, 354-358. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. EYSTER JA: Determination of cardiac hypertrophy by roentgen-ray methods, Arch. Int. Med., 1928, xli, 667-682. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. HODGES PC: Comparison of teleroentgenogram with orthodiagram, Am. Jr. Roent., 1924, xi, 466-474. Google Scholar10. HODGESEYSTER FJJA: Estimation of transverse cardiac diameter in man, Arch. Int. Med., 1926, xxxvii, 707-714. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. EYSTER JA: Venous pressure, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvii, 1269-1271. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. LUTENGROVE DE: Incidence and significance of electrocardiograms showing features of left axis deviation and QRS of normal duration with inverted T1 and upright T3 , Am. Heart Jr., 1929, iv, 431-441. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. HYMANPARSONNET ASAE: Bundle branch block; phenomena of its development in relation to axis deviation of heart, Arch. Int. Med., 1930, xlv, 868-878. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. CHRISTIAN HA: Chronic nonvalvular disease of heart, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 549-552. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. RIESMAN D: Diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic myocardial weakness, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1926, x, 261-271. Google Scholar16. HYMANPARSONNET ASAE: Myocardosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 1645-1646. The failing heart of middle life, 1932, F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. HERRICK JB: Common errors in treatment of heart disease, Jr. Med. Assoc. Ga., 1931, xx, 335-343. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Des Moines, Iowa*Read at the Chicago meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 19, 1934. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 October 1934Volume 8, Issue 4Page: 497-503KeywordsCardiovascular therapyEndocardiumInfectious diseasesPediatric infectionsPrimary careStreptococcal infections ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1934 PDF downloadLoading ...