This historical cohort study expands on previous series to describe the clinical features, underlying heart disease, and outcomes of patients with complete heart block.
Article1 August 1958COMPLETE HEART BLOCK: A FOLLOW-UP STUDYJOHN C. ROWE, M.D., PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., M.A.C.P.JOHN C. ROWE, M.D., PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., M.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-2-260 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1936 Graybiel and White1 analyzed the clinical data in 72 patients with complete heart block seen at the Massachusetts General Hospital up to that date. Recently Penton, Miller and Levine2 have detailed their experience in 251 office and hospital patients with the same disorder. The purpose of the present publication is to expand the original series of Graybiel and White with experience through the year 1955, for comparison with the similar group of Penton et al., with particular emphasis on the clinical features, nature of the underlying heart disease, and the ultimate outcome of the patients.A review of...Bibliography1. GraybielWhite APD: Complete auriculoventricular dissociation, Am. J. M. Sc. 192: 334, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. PentonMillerLevine GBHSA: Some clinical features of complete heart block, Circulation 13: 801, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. RichardsBlandWhite DWEFPD: A completed twenty-five year follow-up study of 456 patients with angina pectoris, J. Chron. Dis. 4: 423, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. 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