ACUTE GUMMATOUS MYOCARDITIS SIMULATING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Authors: Edward C. Reifenstein
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1936)

Case Reports1 August 1936ACUTE GUMMATOUS MYOCARDITIS SIMULATING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONEDWARD C. REIFENSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.EDWARD C. REIFENSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-2-241 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCoronary thrombosis was rarely diagnosed ante mortem prior to 1918. At that time textbooks on medicine contained no reference to the clinical condition. It is a tribute to American medicine that the clinical recognition of cardiac infarction is due to the observations and studies of American physicians.Osler1was familiar with the condition. Dock2was one of the first to describe a case which had been diagnosed ante mortem. 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Y.*Read at the Detroit meeting of the American College of Physicians, March 6, 1936.From the Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Syracuse University. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA queda de um Diretor Geral. O estranho caso do inquérito de 1945 ao Ensino Liceal Feminino e o seu debateMyokarditis und weitere MyokardiopathienDie Coronarerkrankungen. Coronarinsuffizienz, Angina pectoris und HerzinfarktGUMMATOUS MYOCARDITISCardiovascular SyphilisGummatous myocarditis and aneurysm of the left ventricle 1 August 1936Volume 10, Issue 2Page: 241-252KeywordsAcute myocardial infarctionInfarctionMyocarditisObservational studiesThrombosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1936 PDF downloadLoading ...