Factors in the Prognosis of High Blood Pressure
Authors: W. W. Herrick
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1929)

Article1 November 1929Factors in the Prognosis of High Blood PressureW. W. HERRICK, M.D.W. W. HERRICK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-3-5-467 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWhen discussion is undertaken of the prognosis or treatment of any pathologic state, the etiology of which is unknown, difficulties are at once met. To this rule arterial hypertension is no exception and more than one competent observer has stated that its satisfactory prognosis cannot be made. Such an attitude of avoidance, while safe, is for the clinician most unsatisfactory and in certain kinds of practical work intolerable. Is it necessary? It is the writer's opinion that experience has reached a point at which one may profitably attempt to set down in a concise way what has practical bearing on...Bibliography ALLBUTT C: "Diseases of the Arteries Including Angina Pectoris," MacMillan, 1915. Google Scholar BARATH E: "Blutdruckstudien an alternden Menschen. Ein Beitrag Zur Pathogenese der arteriellen Hypertensien." Ztschr. f. d. ges, exper. med., 54:58, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar FINEBERG MH: "Systolic Hypertension. Its Relationship to Arteriosclerosis of the Aorta and Larger Arteries." American Journal Med. Sciences, 173:835, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar FISHBERG AM: "Anatomic Findings in Essential Hypertension." Archives Internal Medicine, 35:650, 1925. CrossrefGoogle Scholar GULLSUTTON WWHG: "On the Pathology of the Morbid State Commonly Called Chronic Bright's Disease with Contracted Kidney." Medico-Chir. Tr., 55:273, 1872. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar JANEWAY TC: "A Clinical Study of Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease." Google Scholar MOSCHCOWITZ E: "Hypertension; Its Significance, Relation to Arteriosclerosis and Nephritis and Etiology." Am. J. Med. Sc., 158:668, 1919. Google Scholar O'HAREWALKER JPWG: "Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension." Archives Int. Med., 33:343, 1924. CrossrefGoogle Scholar PAULLIN JE: "Ultimate Results of Essential Hypertension." J. A. M. A., 87:925, 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar ROMBERG : "Krankheiten des Herzens und der Gefässe." Stuttgart, 1921. Google Scholar SPRUNT TP: "Analysis of Series of Cases Manifesting Hypertension with Special Relation to Prognosis." Southern Medical Journal, 19:6, 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York City*From the program of the Boston meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 11, 1929. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byErbbiologie und Erbpathologie des KreislaufapparatesErbbiologie und Erbpathologie des KreislaufapparatesArteriolar hypertension in the American negro 1 November 1929Volume 3, Issue 5Page: 467-477KeywordsEtiologyHypertensionPrimary hypertension ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1929 PDF downloadLoading ...