The natural history of syphilitic heart disease.

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Article1 October 1952THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SYPHILITIC HEART DISEASEBENTON M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., R. MAXWELL ANDERSON, M.D., JOHN A. BOONE, M.D., F.A.C.P.BENTON M. MONTGOMERY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, R. MAXWELL ANDERSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN A. BOONE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-4-689 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe unusually high incidence of syphilitic infection among the Negro population of Charleston, S. C., and its environs affords an excellent opportunity to study the disease in its many manifestations. Our experience has suggested to us that some of the current teaching concerning syphilitic cardiovascular disease may be on less firm ground than, for example, in rheumatic heart disease. In order to evaluate more objectively a number of features of syphilitic involvement of the cardiovascular system, the authors have reviewed a large amount of autopsy material and attempted to relate it to the clinical course of the patient before death....Bibliography1. Moore RA: A textbook of pathology, 1944, W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia, p. 410. Google Scholar2. CarterBaker EPBM: Certain aspects of syphilitic cardiac disease, Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin 48: 315, 1931. Google Scholar3. Moore JE: The modern treatment of syphilis, 2nd Ed., 1941, C. C Thomas, Springfield, Ill., p. 290. Google Scholar4. ColeVsiltonMooreO'LearyStokesWileParranVonderlehr HNLJJEPAJHUJTRA: Cooperative clinical studies in the treatment of syphilis; cardiovascular syphilis, Arch. Int. Med. 57: 893, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Blumgart HL: The detection and treatment of cardiovascular syphilis, New England J. Med. 223: 443, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. BraunsteinTownsend ALSR: Bacterial endocarditis superimposed on syphilitic aortic valvulitis, Arch. Int. Med. 65: 957, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. WrightZeek JPM: Bacterial endocarditis superimposed on syphilitic aortic valvulitis, Am. Heart J. 19: 587, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Charleston, South Carolina*Received for publication January 26, 1952.Presented at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians, Charleston, S. C., January 27, 1951.From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Medical College of South Carolina. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe epidemiology of cardiac failureErkrankungen des EndokardThe surgical correction of aortic insufficiency by circumclusionTRENDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SYPHILIS*ALFREDS RIMSA, M.D., GEORGE C. GRIFFITH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Observations on Penicillin Therapy in Cardiovascular SyphilisFurther Progress in Venereology 1 October 1952Volume 37, Issue 4Page: 689-696KeywordsAutopsyCardiovascular diseasesCardiovascular therapyInfectious diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...