The Effect of Childbearing on the Course of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A 25-Year Study

Article1 January 1960THE EFFECT OF CHILDBEARING ON THE COURSE OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE: A 25-YEAR STUDYEDWIN P. MAYNARD JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., VICTOR GROVER, M.D., F.A.C.P.EDWIN P. MAYNARD JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, VICTOR GROVER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-1-163 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe immediate prognosis for women with rheumatic heart disease during pregnancy and in the puerperium is fairly well known, and valid criteria have been established for the management of these patients. On the other hand, the ultimate effect of childbearing on the course of rheumatic heart disease is not so well known. The present study was undertaken in an attempt to shed further light on this problem. This report deals with a large group of patients carefully studied by the same group of physicians, together with a report of the follow-up findings for those same patients at the end of...Bibliography1. MillerMetcalfe MMJ: Effect of pregnancy on course of heart disease, Circulation 13: 481 (Apr.) 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. BunimAppel JJSB: Pregnancy in rheumatic heart disease, J. A. M. A. 142: 90, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Hamilton BE: Cardiovascular problems in pregnancy, Circulation 9: 922, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. HamiltonThomson BEKJ: The heart in pregnancy and the childbearing age, 1941, Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Google Scholar5. FrenchHicks HHT: Mitral stenosis and pregnancy, J. Obst. and Gynaec. Brit. Emp. 10: 201, 1906. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. GilchristMurray-Lyon ARRM: Does pregnancy hasten fatal termination in rheumatic heart disease?, Edinburgh M. J. 40: 587 (Dec.) 1933. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. BoyerNadas NHAS: The ultimate effect of pregnancy on rheumatic heart disease, Ann. Int. Med. 20: 99, 1944. LinkGoogle Scholar8. Jones AM: Heart disease in pregnancy, 1951, Grune & Stratton, New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, N. Y.*Received for publication April 2, 1959.From the Department of Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., and the Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N. Y.†This study was made possible by a grant from the New York Heart Association, and by the valuable assistance of its statistical staff.‡Presented as a Morning Lecture at the Thirty-fifth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 7, 1954.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Edwin P. Maynard, Jr., M.D., 85 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn 1, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHeart disease and pregnancyMitral valvotomy and pregnancyMitral Valvotomv in PregnancyA Plan for TanganyikaMITRAL VALVOTOMY IN RELATION TO PREGNANCY 1 January 1960Volume 52, Issue 1Page: 163-171KeywordsCardiovascular therapyHealth statisticsHeartHospital medicineHospitalsInfantsLongitudinal studiesPregnancyPrevention, policy, and public health ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...