The Course of Hypertensive Heart Disease

Article1 December 1936THE COURSE OF HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASEI. AGE OF ONSET, DEVELOPMENT OF CARDIAC INSUFFICIENCY, DURATION OF LIFE, AND CAUSE OF DEATH*NATHAN FLAXMAN, M.D.NATHAN FLAXMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-6-748 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptArterial hypertension is the most common cause of heart disease in adults regardless of race or sex.1There has developed in the last two decades especially an overwhelming literature devoted to this subject which, as Crummer2states, has almost buried from our modern view the earlier and fundamental observations. Janeway's3classical analysis of 870 cases of hypertensive cardiovascular disease (nephritis included) first indicated that the most prominent symptoms associated with hypertension are circulatory and that in the presence of early symptoms of myocardial weakness a better than 50 per cent chance existed that death eventually would be due to myocardial...Bibliography1. FLAXMAN N: Heart disease in the middle west, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1934, clxxxviii, 639-645. Google Scholar2. CRUMMER L: Clinical features of heart disease, 1925, Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., New York, p. 199. Google Scholar3. JANEWAY TC: A clinical study of hypertensive cardio-vascular disease, Arch. Int. Med., 1913, xii, 755-798. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FAHR GE: Hypertension heart, the most common form of so-called chronic myocarditis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1923, lxxx, 981-985; Hypertension heart, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1928, clxxv, 453-472; The heart in hypertension, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, cv, 1396-1400. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Criteria for the classification and diagnosis of heart disease, 1929, 1932, New York Tuberculosis and Health Association, New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: NATHAN FLAXMAN, M.D.Affiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication July 20, 1936.From the Cook County Hospital (1932-1933),1 the Mercy Free Dispensary of Loyola University Medical School (1933-1934), and the Out-Patient Dispensary of the Mt. Sinai Hospital (Service of Dr. Harry J. Isaacs). PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHipertensión arterial e insuficiencia cardíacaHipertensión arterial e insuficiencia cardíacaHypertension and the Development of Heart FailureHypertension and the Development of Heart FailureHypertensive Vascular Disease: Its Clinical Course, Differential Diagnosis, Pathogenesis and TreatmentTHE TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION: COMPARISON OF MORTALITY IN MEDICALLY AND SURGICALLY TREATED CASES*NATHAN FLAXMAN, M.D.HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE OF 10 TO 20 YEARS' DURATION; REPORT OF 11 CASES*NATHAN FLAXMAN, M.D.The problem of angina pectoris in the negroTHE COURSE OF HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE III. SIGNIFICANCE OF BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK*NATHAN FLAXMAN, M.D. 1 December 1936Volume 10, Issue 6Page: 748-753KeywordsCardiovascular diseasesCardiovascular therapyHypertensionNephritisOutpatientsRacial and ethnic issues ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1936 PDF downloadLoading ...