DILATATION AND HYPERTROPHY OF THE HEART IN INFANTS AND IN YOUNG CHILDRENWITH MYOCARDIAL DEGENERATION AND FIBROSIS (SO-CALLED CONGENITAL IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHY)
M. A. KUGEL, M.D.;
E. GORDON STOLOFF, M.D.
Am J Dis Child. 1933;45(4):828-864.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Reports of Cases
Review of Literature and Classification of Cases (with Tables)
- So-Called Congenital Idiopathic Hypertrophy of the Heart (True Form)
- Secondary Form of Hypertrophy (Pseudo-Idiopathic Group)
- So-Called Idiopathic Hypertrophy of the Heart (Questionable)
Average Heart Weights in Infants and in Children
Analysis of Dilatation and Hypertrophy Associated with Myocardial Degeneration and Fibrosis
Definition Diagnosis History Differential Diagnosis Etiology Roentgen Examination Age Course, Prognosis and Treatment Morbid Anatomy Comment Symptoms Summary
INTRODUCTION
In a previous communication one of us (Dr. Stoloff) collected a series of cases from the literature which were reported as idiopathic hypertrophy of the heart. A review of the literature at that time revealed that fully half of the reported cases were not truly idiopathic hypertrophy of the heart, since there was either myocardial disease or some other etiologic factor found at postmortem examination which could have had a causal
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Author Affiliations
NEW YORK
From the Departments of Pediatrics, Laboratories and Radiology of the Mount Sinai Hospital of New York.
Footnotes
Aided by a grant from the Lucius N. Littauer Fund.
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