THE USE OF ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE SELECTION OF PATIENTS FOR MITRAL VALVULAR SURGERY
Authors: H F ZINSSER, J JOHNSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 December 1953THE USE OF ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE SELECTION OF PATIENTS FOR MITRAL VALVULAR SURGERYHARRY F. ZINSSER JR., JULIAN JOHNSONHARRY F. ZINSSER JR., JULIAN JOHNSONAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-6-1200 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe best results of mitral valvular surgery have been obtained in those patients with mitral disease characterized chiefly by stenosis. As yet, we consider surgery for correction of mitral insufficiency to be in the preliminary stage of its development, although much work has been done on this problem. It is desirable, therefore, to choose for surgery those patients with mitral obstruction of a degree sufficient to prevent satisfactory diastolic filling of the left ventricle. Ordinary methods, including the routine history, physical examination and standard roentgenographic technics, have been inconsistent in predicting the degree of mitral valvular obstruction. Hence, the search...Bibliography1. WelchJohnsonZinsser KJJHF: The significance of pulmonary vascular lesions in the selection of patients for mitral valve surgery, Ann. Surg. 132: 1027, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. ZinsserEylerMcCallie HFPWDP: Circulatory studies by angiocardiography with special reference to mitral stenosis, Am. J. M. Sc. 223: 217, 1952. Google Scholar3. ZinsserEylerMcCallieTuddenham HFPWDPWJ: Hemodynamic studies by the opacification technique in patients with mitral stenosis and other cardiovascular abnormalities, J. Clin. Investigation 31: 674, 1952. Google Scholar4. RobbSteinberg GPI: Visualization of the chambers of the heart, the pulmonary circulation and the great blood vessels in man. A practical method, Am. J. Roentgenol. 41: 1, 1939. Google Scholar5. RobbSteinberg GPI: Visualization of the chambers of the heart, the pulmonary circulation and the great blood vessels in heart disease, Am. J. Roentgenol. 42: 14, 1939. Google Scholar6. GrishmanSussmanSteinberg AMLMF: Angiocardiographic analysis of the cardiac configuration in rheumatic mitral disease, Am. J. Roentgenol. 51: 33, 1944. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*From the Symposium on Cardiac Surgery presented at the Thirty-Fourth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 17, 1953.From the Edward B. Robinette Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, and the Departments of Surgery and Radiology, of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Mitral OrificeEmbolism and atrial fibrillationIntracardiac myxomas and thrombiUse of indicator-dilution curves in the evaluation of acquired heart diseaseVentricular septal defect and aortic insufficiencyClinical and hemodynamic observations in pure mitral insufficiency∗DIAGNOSTIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS USING LEFT HEART CATHETERIZATIONZur Pathophysiologie der MitralstenoseAngiocardiographic Observations of Intracardiac Flow in the Normal and in Mitral StenosisFactors Which Influence the Results of Mitral CommissurotomyAngiographische Funktionsdiagnostik im Bereich des ThoraxStudies in mitral stenosisThe Clinical Value of AngiocardiographyKlappenfehlerThe selection of patients for mitral commissurotomySURGICAL TREATMENT OF CARDIAC VALVULAR STENOSISIsolated mitral stenosis in an infant of three months: Report of a case treated surgicallyFeindiagnostik erworbener Herzfehler 1 December 1953Volume 39, Issue 6Page: 1200-1218KeywordsAngiocardiographyCardiac surgeryDiagnostic radiologyLeft ventricleMitral insufficiencyStenosisSurgeryValvular diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...