Pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale and extremely rapid ventricular rate in a young, active apparently healthy adult.

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Case Reports1 December 1949PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITH ACUTE COR PULMONALE AND EXTREMELY RAPID VENTRICULAR RATE IN A YOUNG, ACTIVE, APPARENTLY HEALTHY ADULTWILLIAM F. RENNER, M.D.WILLIAM F. RENNER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-6-1090 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe problem of venous thrombosis with associated pulmonary embolism has received much attention in the medical literature of recent years. The great bulk of the literature has dealt with venous thrombosis of the secondary or complicating type, that is, venous thrombosis complicating surgery or delivery or occurring in the course of infectious disease or non-infectious systemic disease, particularly cardiac disease with congestive failure. Despite a number of excellent reports on the subject, it is not sufficiently well recognized that venous thrombosis with pulmonary embolism does occur in individuals who have not experienced recent surgery or childbirth, who do not have...Bibliography1. ALLENBARKERHINES EVNWEA: Peripheral vascular diseases, 1946, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Google Scholar2. BARKER NW: Primary idiopathic thrombophlebitis, Arch. Int. Med., 1936, lviii, 147. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. BAUER G: Venous thrombosis, Arch. Surg., 1941, xliii, 462. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BRIGGS JB: Recurring phlebitis of obscure origin, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1905, xvi, 228. Google Scholar5. DETAKATSFOWLER GEF: The problem of thrombo-embolism, Surgery, 1945, xvii, 153. Google Scholar6. FLEISCHNERHAMPTONCASTLEMAN FAOB: Linear shadows in the lung, Am. Jr. Roentgenol. and Rad. Therapy, 1941, xlvi, 610. Google Scholar7. HAMPTONCASTLEMAN AOB: Correlation of postmortem chest teleoroentgenograms with autopsy findings with special reference to pulmonary embolism and infarction, Am. Jr. Roentgenol. and Rad. Therapy, 1940, xliii, 305. Google Scholar8. HAMPTONPRANDONIKING AOAGJT: Pulmonary embolism from obscure sources, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1945, lxxvi, 245. Google Scholar9. HOMANS J: Pulmonary embolism due to quiet venous thrombosis, New England Jr. Med., 1943, ccix, 309. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. JORPES JE: Origin and physiology of heparin, Ann. Int. Med., 1947, xxvii, 361. Google Scholar11. KATZ LN: Electrocardiography, 1946, Lea & Febiger Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Google Scholar12. KING JT: Personal communication. Google Scholar13. LYON JL: Excessively rapid heart rates, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cviii, 1393. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. MEILMANDAVISON ES: Pulmonary embolism of non-cardiac and non-postoperative origin, Jr. Mt. Sinai Hosp., 1944, ii, 164. Google Scholar15. MURNAGHANMCGINNWHITE DSPD: Pulmonary embolism with and without cor pulmonale, Am. Heart Jr., 1943, xxv, 573. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. OCHSNER A: Intravenous clotting, Surgery, 1945, xvii, 240. Google Scholar17. RENNERMCSHANE WFJR: The rôle of autoagglutinins in hemolytic anemias, South. Med. Jr., 1947, xl, 973. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. WHITE PD: Heart disease, 1946, The Macmillan Co., New York, N. Y. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Received for publication March 30, 1948.Case from the House Service, Union Memorial Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe incidence of thromboembolism in Enovid usersPULMONARY EMBOLISMTHE LATE APPEARANCE OF LEG SYMPTOMS IN PULMONARY EMBOLUS 1 December 1949Volume 31, Issue 6Page: 1090-1097KeywordsBirthCardiac surgeryHeart diseasesInfectious diseasesPulmonary embolismSurgerySystemic diseasesThrombosisYoung adults ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...