CARDIAC DISTURBANCES DURING THE PANDEMIC OF INFLUENZA OF 1918 to 1920
Authors: PAUL W. CLOUGH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Editorial1 November 1958CARDIAC DISTURBANCES DURING THE PANDEMIC OF INFLUENZA OF 1918 to 1920PAUL W. CLOUGHPAUL W. CLOUGHSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-5-1267 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough the recent pandemic of influenza has proved mild and has shown thus far a much lower mortality than that of 1918 to 1920, there has been a substantial increase in general mortality rate at the peaks of the epidemic, and it is by no means a negligible disease. Furthermore the tendency of previous pandemics to recur in waves one, two, and even three years after the initial onslaught and the frequent observation of greater severity during the recurrences1should warn against too great complacency as yet regarding the current epidemic. Observations made during previous pandemics with some limitations are...1 Greenwood M: The epidemiology of influenza, Brit. M. J.: 1: 563-566, 1918. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 Cole CE: Influenza epidemic at Bramshott in September-October, 1918, Brit. M. J. 2: 566-568, 1918. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3 Hart TS: The heart in bronchopneumonia, Am. J. M. Sc. 158: 649-658, 1919. Google Scholar4 SynnottClark MJE: The influenza epidemic at Camp Dix, N. J., J. A. M. A. 71: 1816-1821, 1918. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 LuckeWightKime BTE: Pathologic anatomy and bacteriology of influenza (1918), Arch. Int. Med. 24: 154-237, 1919. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 The Influenza Committee of the Advisory Board to the D. G. M. S., France: The influenza epidemic in the British Armies in France, Brit. M. J. 2: 505-509, 1918. Google Scholar7 Mackenzie J: The cardiac complications of influenza, Practitioner 102: 19-25, 1919. Google Scholar8 FriedlanderMcCordSladenWheeler ACPFJGW: The epidemic of influenza at Camp Sherman, Ohio, J. A. M. A. 71: 1652-1656, 1918. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 Lewis T, quoted by Hamburger.15 Google Scholar10 Cockayne EA: Heart-block and bradycardia following influenza, Quart. J. Med. 12: 409, 1918-19. Google Scholar11 Flöystrup G: Ectopic auricular systoles in a case of influenza-myocarditis, Acta med. Scandinav. 53: 866-871, 1920. Google Scholar12 Sabshin ZI: Circulatory complications in influenza, New York M. J. 109: 635, 1919. Google Scholar13 Curtis GP: Cardiac sequelae of influenza, J. M. Soc. New Jersey 17: 45-48, 1920. Google Scholar14 Cumston CA: Cardiac manifestations in influenza, New York M. J. 112: 857, 1920. Google Scholar15 Hamburger WW: Involvement of the auricle and conduction pathways of the heart following influenza, Am. J. M. Sc. 160: 479-491, 1920. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16 HamburgerPriest WWWS: Structural and functional involvement of the heart following respiratory and other infections, Am. J. M. Sc. 166: 629, 1923. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17 Hyman AS: Postinfluenzal heart block, M. J. and Rec. 124: 698-703, 1924. Google Scholar18 Hyman AS: Postinfluenzal disturbances of the heart, New York State J. Med. 26: 1022-1024, 1926. Google Scholar19 Hyman AS: Postinfluenzal bradycardia, Arch. Int. Med. 40: 120-127, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20 Taub SJ: Heart block following grippe infection, Illinois M. J. 49: 487-498, 1926. Google Scholar21 LukdesWaltner JK: Postgrippale Herzdilatation im Kindesalter, Monatschr. f. Kinderh. 31: 72-73, 1926. Google Scholar22 Lebedev D: Postgrippale Herzdilatation im Kindesalter, Monatschr. f. Kinderh. 32: 237-238, 1926. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByDie essentielle MyokardiopathieThe clinical spectrum of primary myocardial disease 1 November 1958Volume 49, Issue 5Page: 1267-1272KeywordsDeath ratesHeart diseasesHeart rateMortality Issue Published: 1 November 1958 PDF DownloadLoading ...