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MASKED RHEUMATIC MYOCARDITIS IN AN ELDERLY MALE
Author(s) -
Margolis Jack,
Weiss Morris
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1969.tb02566.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , autopsy , heart disease , physical examination , rheumatic fever , pediatrics , surgery , cardiology
A bstract A case is described in which active rheumatic myocarditis was found at autopsy in a 77‐year‐old man. Although he had been admitted many times to the V.A. Hospital during a period of about fourteen years, at no time did the history, physical examination, roentgenograms, electrocardiograms and laboratory determinations arouse any suspicion of the presence of rheumatic heart disease.