Calcific Aortic Stenosis Simulating Acute Coronary Thrombosis With Myocardial Infarction

Article1 February 1951CALCIFIC AORTIC STENOSIS SIMULATING ACUTE CORONARY THROMBOSIS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONI. C. BRILL, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD E. ROSENBAUM, M.D.I. C. BRILL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, EDWARD E. ROSENBAUM, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-2-442 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA considerable literature dealing with calcific aortic valvular disease has accumulated since Mönckeberg's classic paper of 1904. For a complete bibliography and a review of the significant articles the reader is referred to recent monographs by Karsner and Koletsky1 and by Kumpe and Bean.2The present report concerns itself with one of the manifestations of this disease which, although mentioned casually by a few writers,3, 4has not received the emphasis it merits. We refer to the occasional development of severe, prolonged chest pain with shock and collapse, producing a picture clinically identical with that of acute coronary thrombosis and...Bibliography1. KarsnerKoletsky HTS: Calcific disease of the aortic valve, 1947, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar2. KumpeBean CWWB: Aortic stenosis: a study of the clinical and pathologic aspects of 107 proved cases, Medicine 27: 139-185, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. MasterJaffeDack AMHLS: An electrocardiogram characteristic of coronary thrombosis in a patient with aortic stenosis, J. Mt. Sinai Hosp. 4: 117, 1937. Google Scholar4. Boas EP: Angina pectoris and heart block, as symptoms of calcareous aortic stenosis, Am. J. M. Sc. 190: 376, 1935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. DryWillius TJFA: Interpretation of the electrocardiographic findings in calcareous stenosis of the aortic valve, Ann. Int. Med. 13: 143, 1939. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Portland, Oregon*Read before the Northwest Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians, Vancouver, British Columbia, November 12 and 13, 1948. Received for publication December 7, 1948.From the Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Oregon Medical School, Portland, Oregon. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTransient occlusion of the right coronary artery by a calcific bicuspid aortic valve mass – An interesting case of inferior STEMIChest Pain 1 February 1951Volume 34, Issue 2Page: 442-447KeywordsCardiology and cardiovascular diseasesCardiovascular diseasesIschemiaMyocardial infarctionShockStenosisThrombosisValvular diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...