Complete Auriculoventricular Block Following Coronary Occlusion; A Case Report

Case Reports1 December 1939COMPLETE AURICULOVENTRICULAR BLOCK FOLLOWING CORONARY OCCLUSION; A CASE REPORTBEN R. HENINGER, M.D., F.A.C.P., KARL L. DICKENS, M.D.BEN R. HENINGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, KARL L. DICKENS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-6-1081 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptComplete heart-block as a result of acute coronary thrombosis is a relatively uncommon condition. Numerous investigators have reported occasional cases of complete heart-block so that we may arrive at a fair estimate of its occurrence in all cases of heart disease. White1quotes Allan, 1928, stating that coronary sclerosis is common and that of 1000 consecutive autopsies, 371 (37.1 per cent) showed coronary sclerosis. Of these, 238 (64 per cent) showed myocardial damage with fatty changes in 48 and fibrosis in 190. White1also quotes Barnes and Ball, 1932, who found in 49 cases of myocardial infarction following coronary thrombosis...Bibliography1. WHITE PD: Heart disease, 2nd ed., 1937, The Macmillan Company, New York, 344. Google Scholar2. STENGEL A: A fatal case of Stokes-Adams disease with autopsy showing involvement of bundle of His, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1905, cxxx, 1088-1091. Google Scholar3. WILLIUS FA: Infarction of the interventricular septum with complete heart-block and Stokes-Adams seizures, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1928, x, 601-604. Google Scholar4. SIGLER LH: Case of coronary occlusion with complete heart block, ANN. INT. MED., 1927, i, 835-842. Google Scholar5. GERAUDELBRODINLEREBOULLET EPLJ: Fatal case of Adams-Stokes syndrome due to necrosis of auriculoventricular bundle with stenosis of coronary artery, Arch. d. mal. du coeur, 1929, xxii, 1-15. Google Scholar6. SMITH KS: Coronary thrombosis and complete heart-block, Lancet, 1930, i, 685-687. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. GERAUDELLEREBOULLET EJ: Adams-Stokes syndrome developing rapidly from coronary thrombosis and thrombosis of artery of bundle of His; electrocardiographic study, Paris méd., 1930, ii, 25-29. Google Scholar8. PARSONNETPARENT AES: Auricular flutter with complete auriculoventricular block in patient with coronary disease, Arch. Int. Med., 1933, li, 938-946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BALL D: The occurrence of heart-block in coronary artery thrombosis, Am. Heart Jr., 1933, viii, 327. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SALCEDO-SALGARWHITE JPD: Relationship of auriculoventricular and intraventricular block to clinical manifestations of coronary disease, angina pectoris and coronary thrombosis, Am. Heart Jr., 1935, x, 1067-1079. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. SCHWARTZ SP: Auriculoventricular dissociation and the Adams-Stokes syndrome in acute coronary vessel closure, Am. Heart Jr., 1936, xi, 554. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. YATERCORNELLCLAYTOR WMVHT: Heart-block due to bilateral bundle branch lesions, Arch. Int. Med., 1936, lvii, 132. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New Orleans, Louisiana*Received for publication July 11, 1938.From the Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, La. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 December 1939Volume 13, Issue 6Page: 1081-1088KeywordsAutopsyCardiovascular therapyFibrosisHeartLongitudinal studiesMyocardial infarctionThrombosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...