NUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN CARDIAC DISEASE
Authors: T M DURANT
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 August 1951NUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN CARDIAC DISEASETHOMAS M. DURANT, M.D., F.A.C.P.THOMAS M. DURANT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-2-397 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptNutritional factors in cardiac disease will be considered from two general standpoints in this paper: (1) the importance of nutritional inadequacy in congestive failure of varied etiology, and (2) the significance of dietary factors in the etiology and treatment of atherosclerosis.NUTRITIONAL INADEQUACY IN CONGESTIVE FAILUREThat nutritional factors may be responsible primarily or solely for congestive failure is well recognized.1, 2, 3An example is beriberi heart disease, a condition seen in our country mainly in the chronic alcoholic. Less stress in textbooks and the literature has been placed upon the rôle of nutritional factors as importantsecondaryagents...Bibliography1. Wenckebach KF: Das Beriberi-Herz: Morphologie, Klinik, Pathogenese, 1934, Springer, Berlin. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WeissWilkins SRW: The nature of cardiovascular disturbances in nutritional deficiency states, Ann. Int. Med. 11: 104, 1937. LinkGoogle Scholar3. BlankenhornVilterScheinkerAustin MACFIMRS: Occidental beriberi heart disease, J. A. M. A. 131: 717, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. KeysBrozekHenschelTaylor AJAMHL: The biology of human starvation, 1950, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. BrozekChapmanKeys JCBA: Drastic food restriction, J. A. M. A. 137: 1569, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Hermann GR: Blood plasma proteins in patients with heart failure, Ann. Int. Med. 24: 893, 1946. LinkGoogle Scholar7. StareMannCaso FJGVEK: Nutrition in protracted disease, M. Clin. North America 91: 1159, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Joliffe N: Influence of alcohol on the adequacy of the B vitamins in the American diet, Quart. J. Stud. on Alcohol 1: 74, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Goldsmith GA: The blood lactate-pyruvate relationship in various physiologic and pathologic states, Am. J. M. Sc. 215: 182, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. RimmermanHalpern ABA: A comparative study of sodium-free salt substitutes, Am. Pract. 2: 168, 1951. Google Scholar11. Durant TM: Review: The genesis of atherosclerosis, J. Philadelphia Gen. Hosp. 1: 58, 1950. Google Scholar12. GofmanJonesLindgrenLyonElliotStrisower JWHBFTTPHAB: Blood lipids and human atherosclerosis, Circulation 2: 161, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. Bloch K: The intermediary metabolism of cholesterol, Circulation 1: 214, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. Pollak OJ: A study of lecithin and albumin as stabilizers of cholesterol sols and of their usefulness in the prophylaxis of experimental atherosclerosis, Circulation 2: 464, 1950. Google Scholar15. DobbinGofmanJonesLyonYoung EVHFHCLC: The low fat, low cholesterol diet, 1951, Doubleday and Co., Garden City, N. Y. Google Scholar16. Himsworth HP: Diet and the incidence of diabetes mellitus, Clin. Sc. 2: 117, 1935-36. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Presented at the Thirty-second Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, St. Louis, Mo., April 9, 1951.From the Department of Internal Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTherapie der HerzinsuffizienzMyokarditis und weitere MyokardiopathienThe Tratment of Cardiac Decompensation: With Special Reference to Resistant Cases 1 August 1951Volume 35, Issue 2Page: 397-408KeywordsAlcoholicsAtherosclerosisBeriberiCardiovascular therapyEtiologyHeart diseasesNutrition ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...