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TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY FOR CARDIAC DISEASE: A REEVALUATION

TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY FOR CARDIAC DISEASE: A REEVALUATION Abstract In a critical evaluation of total thyroidectomy for cardiac disease published in 1937,1 we based our conclusions on 357 collected and 5 personal cases, the 362 cases including, we believed, practically all of the operations performed up to that time on the indications of cardiac disease. The majority of these cases had been recorded in the literature. The remainder, some of which have apparently not been otherwise reported, we collected by personal correspondence. The largest series (69 cases) was reported from Beth Israel Hospital, New York, where Berlin, on the recommendation of Blumgart, had performed the second such operation in December 1932. The second largest series (42 cases) was reported from the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, where Cutler, a month earlier, had performed the first thyroidectomy for heart disease on the recommendation of Levine. In all, 205 operations had been done for congestive heart failure, with excellent results References 1. Parsons, W. H., and Purks, W. K.: Total Thyroidectomy for Heart Disease , Ann. Surg. 105:722-728 ( (May) ) 1937.Crossref 2. Kocher, A.: Ueber Morbus Basedowi , Mitt. a. d. Grenzgeb. d. Med. u. Chir. 9:1-304, 1902. 3. Christian, H. A.: The Heart and Its Management in Myxedema , Rhode Island M. J. 8:109-118 ( (July) ) 1925. 4. Blumgart, H. L., and Weiss, S.: Studies on the Velocity of Blood Flow: II. The Velocity of Blood Flow in Normal Resting Individuals and a Critique of the Method Used , J. Clin. Investigation 4:15-31 ( (April) ) 1927.Crossref 5. Blumgart, H. L.; Riseman, J. E. F.; Davis, D., and Berlin, D. D.: Therapeutic Effect of Total Ablation of the Normal Thyroid on Congestive Heart Failure and Angina Pectoris: III. Early Results in Various Types of Cardiovascular Disease and Coincident Pathologic States Without Clinical or Pathologic Evidence of Thyroid Toxicity , Arch. Int. Med. 52:165-225 ( (Aug.) ) 1933.Crossref 6. Burwell, C. S.; Smith, S. C., and Neighbors, DeW.: The Output of the Heart in Thyrotoxicosis, with the Report of a Case of Thyrotoxicosis Combined with Primary Pernicious Anemia , Am. J. M. Sc. 178:157-168 ( (Aug.) ) 1929.Crossref 7. Levine, S. A.: Clinical Heart Disease , Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1936. 8. Purks, W. K.: Total Thyroidectomy in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure and Angina Pectoris , New Orleans M. & S. J. 87:464-466 ( (Jan.) ) 1935. 9. Houston, W. R.: Spasmogenic Aptitude , M. Clin. North America 12:1285-1302 ( (March) ) 1929. 10. Weinstein, A. A.; Davis, D.; Berlin, D. D., and Blumgart, H. L.: The Mechanism of the Early Relief of Pain in Patients with Angina Pectoris and Congestive Failure After Total Ablation of the Normal Thyroid Gland , Am. J. M. Sc. 187:753-773 ( (June) ) 1934. 11. Clark, R. J.; Means, J. H., and Sprague, H. H.: Total Thyroidectomy for Heart Disease: Experiences with Twenty-One Patients at the Massachusetts General Hospital , New England J. Med. 214:277-294 ( (Feb. 13) ) 1936. 12. Lahey, F. H., in discussion on Parsons and Purks.1 13. Scott, A. C., Jr.: Total Thyroidectomy for Diffuse (Exophthalmic) Goitre: Preliminary Report of Seventy-One Cases , Tr. Am. A. Study Goiter , 1939, pp. 124-135. 14. Cutler, E. C., and Hoerr, S. O.: Total Thyroidectomy for Heart Disease: A Five-Year Follow-up Study , Ann. Surg. 113:245-259 ( (Feb.) ) 1941. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Surgery American Medical Association

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Abstract In a critical evaluation of total thyroidectomy for cardiac disease published in 1937,1 we based our conclusions on 357 collected and 5 personal cases, the 362 cases including, we believed, practically all of the operations performed up to that time on the indications of cardiac disease. The majority of these cases had been recorded in the literature. The remainder, some of which have apparently not been otherwise reported, we collected by personal correspondence. The largest series (69 cases) was reported from Beth Israel Hospital, New York, where Berlin, on the recommendation of Blumgart, had performed the second such operation in December 1932. The second largest series (42 cases) was reported from the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, where Cutler, a month earlier, had performed the first thyroidectomy for heart disease on the recommendation of Levine. In all, 205 operations had been done for congestive heart failure, with excellent results References 1. Parsons, W. H., and Purks, W. K.: Total Thyroidectomy for Heart Disease , Ann. Surg. 105:722-728 ( (May) ) 1937.Crossref 2. Kocher, A.: Ueber Morbus Basedowi , Mitt. a. d. Grenzgeb. d. Med. u. Chir. 9:1-304, 1902. 3. Christian, H. A.: The Heart and Its Management in Myxedema , Rhode Island M. J. 8:109-118 ( (July) ) 1925. 4. Blumgart, H. L., and Weiss, S.: Studies on the Velocity of Blood Flow: II. The Velocity of Blood Flow in Normal Resting Individuals and a Critique of the Method Used , J. Clin. Investigation 4:15-31 ( (April) ) 1927.Crossref 5. Blumgart, H. L.; Riseman, J. E. F.; Davis, D., and Berlin, D. D.: Therapeutic Effect of Total Ablation of the Normal Thyroid on Congestive Heart Failure and Angina Pectoris: III. Early Results in Various Types of Cardiovascular Disease and Coincident Pathologic States Without Clinical or Pathologic Evidence of Thyroid Toxicity , Arch. Int. Med. 52:165-225 ( (Aug.) ) 1933.Crossref 6. Burwell, C. S.; Smith, S. C., and Neighbors, DeW.: The Output of the Heart in Thyrotoxicosis, with the Report of a Case of Thyrotoxicosis Combined with Primary Pernicious Anemia , Am. J. M. Sc. 178:157-168 ( (Aug.) ) 1929.Crossref 7. Levine, S. A.: Clinical Heart Disease , Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1936. 8. Purks, W. K.: Total Thyroidectomy in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure and Angina Pectoris , New Orleans M. & S. J. 87:464-466 ( (Jan.) ) 1935. 9. Houston, W. R.: Spasmogenic Aptitude , M. Clin. North America 12:1285-1302 ( (March) ) 1929. 10. Weinstein, A. A.; Davis, D.; Berlin, D. D., and Blumgart, H. L.: The Mechanism of the Early Relief of Pain in Patients with Angina Pectoris and Congestive Failure After Total Ablation of the Normal Thyroid Gland , Am. J. M. Sc. 187:753-773 ( (June) ) 1934. 11. Clark, R. J.; Means, J. H., and Sprague, H. H.: Total Thyroidectomy for Heart Disease: Experiences with Twenty-One Patients at the Massachusetts General Hospital , New England J. Med. 214:277-294 ( (Feb. 13) ) 1936. 12. Lahey, F. H., in discussion on Parsons and Purks.1 13. Scott, A. C., Jr.: Total Thyroidectomy for Diffuse (Exophthalmic) Goitre: Preliminary Report of Seventy-One Cases , Tr. Am. A. Study Goiter , 1939, pp. 124-135. 14. Cutler, E. C., and Hoerr, S. O.: Total Thyroidectomy for Heart Disease: A Five-Year Follow-up Study , Ann. Surg. 113:245-259 ( (Feb.) ) 1941.

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