The Ultimate Effect of Pregnancy on Rheumatic Heart Disease

Article1 January 1944THE ULTIMATE EFFECT OF PREGNANCY ON RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASENORMAN H. BOYER, M.D., ALEXANDER S. NADAS, M.D.NORMAN H. BOYER, M.D., ALEXANDER S. NADAS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-1-99 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe immediate risk of pregnancy in women with rheumatic heart disease has been admirably surveyed by Hamilton and Thomson,1but the ultimate effect of the circulatory load of repeated pregnancies and the hardships of motherhood upon a handicapped heart has not been subjected to the same thoroughgoing analysis. These authors expressed the opinion, based on clinical impression, that there was no strong evidence pointing toward an unfavorable late effect of pregnancy on the course of rheumatic heart disease. They had no statistical proof to offer, and, in fact, doubted that such proof could be obtained in a practical way. We...Bibliography1. HAMILTONTHOMSON BEKJ: The heart in pregnancy and the childbearing age, 1941, Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Google Scholar2. FRENCHHICKS HHT: Mitral stenosis and pregnancy, Jr. Obst. and Gynec. Brit. Emp., 1906, x, 201. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. GILCHRIST AR: Does pregnancy hasten the fatal termination in rheumatic heart disease? Edinburgh Med. Jr., NS 1933, xl, 587. Google Scholar4. REID WD: The heart in pregnancy, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xcv, 1468. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. SCOTTHENDERSON WADN: Pregnancy and rheumatic heart disease, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gynec., 1934, xxvii, 342. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. JENSEN J: The heart in pregnancy, 1938, C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. MCILROYRENDEL ALO: The problem of the damaged heart in obstetrical practice, Jr. Obst. and Gynec. Brit. Emp., 1931, xxxviii, 6. Google Scholar8. STEINHAUS AH: Chronic effects of exercise, Physiol. Rev., 1933, xiii, 103. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication August 1, 1942.From the Evans Memorial, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, and the Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySevere rheumatic cardiac disease and pregnancy: The ultimate prognosisHeart disease and pregnancyThe remote prognosis for pregnant women with rheumatic cardiac diseaseHeart Disease in PregnancyTHE EFFECT OF CHILDBEARING ON THE COURSE OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE: A 25-YEAR STUDY*†EDWIN P. MAYNARD JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., VICTOR GROVER, M.D., F.A.C.P.RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE IN PREGNANCY: THE REMOTE PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH "FUNCTIONALLY SEVERE" DISEASE*HAROLD GORENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., LEON C. CHESLEY, Ph.D.Effect of Pregnancy on the Course of Heart DiseaseSupportive Care, Interruption of Pregnancy, and Mitral Valvulotomy in the Management of Mitral Stenosis Complicating Pregnancy*Herzleiden und SchwangerschaftRheumatic Heart Disease in Pregnancy: The Remote Prognosis in Patients with "Functionally Severe" DiseaseHeart Disease and Pregnancy.The obstetrical management of the cardiac patientMultiple pregnancies in patients with rheumatic or congenital heart diseaseAlgunos aspectos de las cardiopatías y la mecánica circulatoria durante el embarazoHeart Disease and PregnancyThe determination of the prognosis of pregnancy in rheumatic heart diseaseThe Heart in Rheumatic FeverEstimation of the work of obstetric labor and its significance in heart disease 1 January 1944Volume 20, Issue 1Page: 99-107KeywordsCardiovascular therapyHospital medicinePregnancy Issue Published: 1 January 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...