Article1 May 1943CIRCULATORY DISTURBANCES IN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHYMEREDITH MALLORY, M.D., F.A.C.P., FRED MATHERS, M.D., F.A.C.P., Louis M. ORR II, M.D., F.A.C.S., PALMER R. KUNDERT, M.D., F.A.C.S.MEREDITH MALLORY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, FRED MATHERS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, Louis M. ORR II, M.D., F.A.C.S.Search for more papers by this author, PALMER R. KUNDERT, M.D., F.A.C.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-18-5-835 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA review of the medical literature reveals the fact that but little consideration has been given the very important relationship of the hypertrophied prostate to circulatory disturbances. Perhaps it has been assumed that persons of the age to have hypertrophied prostates should have certain cardiac and circulatory changes as a natural sequence of old age. As we live in a section of the country which has a large influx of elderly people during a portion of the year, the opportunity of observing the diseases of advanced years is greater. Also, owing to the fact that people from nearly every part...Bibliography1. CAMPBELL EW: Significance of hypertension in prostatics with chronic urinary retention, Jr. Urol., 1941, xlv, 70-81. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. THOMPSON GJ: Clinical data concerning prostatic resection, Jr. Urol., 1938, xl, 121. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WILHEMI OJ: Refinements in technique imperative for successful transurethral prostatectomy, Jr. Urol., 1941, xlv, 612-621. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. SENG MI: Study of blood pressure in prostatism including cardiovascular changes, Jr. Urol., 1931, xxv, 313. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. O'CONOR VS: Further observations on blood pressure in cardiovascular changes, Jr. Urol., 1923, x, 135. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. CUTLER EC: Selection of patients for surgery, Rhode Island Med. Jr., 1939, xxii, 147-152. Google Scholar7. LEVINE SA: Clinical heart disease, 1936, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia and London. Google Scholar8. ORR LM: Present day views on prostatic obstruction, Jr. Urol., 1937, xxxvii, 28. Google Scholar9. THOMPSONHABEIN GJHC: Transurethral prostatic resection; review of 1200 cases of patients more than seventy years old, Am. Jr. Surg., 1939, xlv, 27-32. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. GUNDERSEN AH: Management of prostatic disease in persons past seventy-five. Report of seventy-five cases with end results, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxii, 833-835. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Orlando, Florida*Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 21, 1942, St. Paul, Minnesota. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Politics of Intervention: The United States and Argentina, 1941–1946 1 May 1943Volume 18, Issue 5Page: 835-840KeywordsBenign prostatic hyperplasiaCardiac hypertrophyElderly ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...