INFARCTION OF THE HEART. III. CLINICAL COURSE AND MORPHOLOGICAL FINDINGS
Authors: William Bennett Bean
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 July 1938INFARCTION OF THE HEART. III. CLINICAL COURSE AND MORPHOLOGICAL FINDINGSWILLIAM BENNETT BEAN, M.D.WILLIAM BENNETT BEAN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-1-71 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the first two parts of this study the underlying conditions predisposing to cardiac infarction, and the symptomatology of acute attacks were presented. In this paper the course, common sequelae and morphological data will be discussed.CLINICAL FEATURES AND COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING INFARCTIONCongestive Failure. The very important part played by congestive failure after coronary thrombosis has been studied carefully by Master and his associates.26Evidence of "backward" failure appeared in the form of ankle edema in 55 per cent of these cases. In some it had been present before. 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