ACROMEGALY AND THE HEART: A CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGIC STUDY
Authors: M R HEJTMANCIK, J Y BRADFIELD, G R HERRMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 June 1951ACROMEGALY AND THE HEART: A CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGIC STUDYMILTON R. HEJTMANCIK, M.D., JAMES Y. BRADFIELD JR., M.D., GEORGE R. HERRMANN, M.D., F.A.C.P.MILTON R. HEJTMANCIK, M.D., JAMES Y. BRADFIELD JR., M.D., GEORGE R. HERRMANN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-6-1445 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHeart disease has long been known as a frequent complicating factor and a common cause of exitus in acromegaly. Only nine years after the recognition of the features of acromegaly by Marie1in 1886, Huchard2reported cardiac enlargement in the clinical and autopsy findings of three patients with the disease. Fournier3drew particular attention to the features of cardiac failure in a series of 25 patients, pointing out the frequent association of cardiomegaly with hypertrophy of all the viscera. 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