"REVERSED COARCTATION": REVIEW OF PULSELESS DISEASE AND REPORT OF A CASE
Authors: J W KYLE, A B WEIR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Case Reports1 October 1956"REVERSED COARCTATION": REVIEW OF PULSELESS DISEASE AND REPORT OF A CASEALVA BOWEN WEIR JR., M.D., J. WARREN KYLE, M.D.ALVA BOWEN WEIR JR., M.D., J. WARREN KYLE, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-4-681 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUntil recently "pulseless disease" has been almost completely ignored in American and British literature. It has long been recognized by the Japanese and, more recently, by the Scandinavians, but journals published in this country have contained only rare, isolated case reports or casual mention of the condition until the last two years."Pulseless disease" may be defined as a chronic disorder of the great arteries which branch from the aortic arch, or of their ostia, which results in diminished caliber or obstruction of the lumens of those vessels, thus causing diminished or absent pulsation in the arteries of the head,...Bibliography1. Giffin HM: "Reversed coarctation" and vasomotor gradient: report of a cardiovascular anomaly with symptoms of brain tumor, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin. 14: 561, 1939. Google Scholar2. LampenWadulla VHH: Syphilitic aortitis with the clinical picture of "reversed coarctation of the aorta," Deutsche med. Wchnschr. 75: 144, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Takayasu M: Acta Soc. Ophth. Jap. 12: 554, 1908. Google Scholar4. Frovig AG: Bilateral obliteration of the common carotid artery, Acta psychiat. et neurol. Supp. 39: 1946. Google Scholar5. RossMcKusick RSVA: Aortic arch syndromes, Arch. Int. Med. 92: 701, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Osler W: Modern medicine, Vol. 4, 1908, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 476; cited by Ross, R. S., and McKusick, V. A.: Aortic arch syndromes, Arch. Int. Med. 92: 701, 1953. Google Scholar7. KampmeierNeumann RHVF: Bilateral absence of pulse in the arms and neck in aortic aneurysm, Arch. Int. Med. 45: 513, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. CaccamiseWhitman WCJF: Pulseless disease: a preliminary case report, Am. Heart J. 44: 629, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Ask-Upmark E: On the "pulseless disease" outside of Japan, Acta med. Scandinav. 149: 161, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Jerrel A: Pulseless disease, Am. Heart J. 47: 780, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. SkipperFlint EFJ: Symmetrical arterial occlusion of upper extremities, head, and neck: a rare syndrome, Brit. M. J. 2: 9, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. BustamanteMilanesCasasDeLaTorre RABMA: The chronic subclavian carotid obstruction syndrome (pulseless disease), Angiology 5: 479, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. Gaertner G: Concerning a new blood pressure measuring device (tonometer), Wien. med. Wchnschr. 49: 1412, 1899. Google Scholar14. Crawford JW: Bilateral pulse obliteration in thoracic aneurysm, J. A. M. A. 76: 1395, 1921. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. WendkosRossman MHPL: The normal blood pressure in the lower extremity, Am. Heart J. 26: 623, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. AggelerLuciaThompson PMSPJH: A syndrome due to the occlusion of all arteries arising from the aortic arch: report of a case featured by primary thrombocytosis and autohemagglutination, Am. Heart J. 22: 833, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Memphis, Tennessee*Received for publication February 13, 1956.From the Department of Medicine of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the City of Memphis Hospitals.†Presented at the Kentucky-Tennessee Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians, November 6, 1955.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Alva Bowen Weir, Jr., M.D., Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, 858 Madison Ave., Memphis 3, Tennessee. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTumoren der BrustwandErkrankungen der thorakalen Aorta (außer Fehlbildungen)Idiopathic medial aortopathy and arteriopathyAortic Arch Syndrome (Brachiocephalic Ischemia)Chronic subclavian-carotid artery obstruction syndromeHypertonieHypertonieDas Martorell-Fabresche-SyndromThe Syndrome of the Aortic Arch*The Aortic Arch Syndrome (Pulseless Disease)Pulseless Disease and Carotid-Artery Thrombosis 1 October 1956Volume 45, Issue 4Page: 681-691KeywordsAortaArteriesAtheromasHospital medicineHypertensionSyphilisVision Issue Published: 1 October 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...