Wallace M. Yater

HEART BLOCK DUE TO CALCAREOUS LESIONS OF THE BUNDLE OF HIS: REVIEW AND REPORT OF A CASE WITH DETAILED HISTOPATHOLOGIC STUDY

Excerpt Considering the fact that only 47 cases of established complete heart block reported in the literature have been sufficiently thoroughly studied to be acceptable as conclusive, we believe t...

CONGENITAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE TRICUSPID VALVE (EBSTEIN'S DISEASE): REVIEW AND REPORT OF A CASE WITH ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES AND DETAILED HISTOLOGIC STUDY OF THE CONDUCTION SYSTEM

Excerpt Congenital anomalies of the tricuspid valve unassociated with other major cardiac malformations are rare. However, there may be atresia of the valve, with or without stenosis of the right v...

NON-TRAUMATIC CHYLOTHORAX AND CHYLOPERICARDIUM; REVIEW AND REPORT OF A CASE DUE TO CARCINOMATOUS THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS OF THE THORACIC DUCT AND UPPER GREAT VEINS

Excerpt Chylothorax is a rare condition and chylopericardium still more so. Traumatic chylothorax due to rupture or section of the thoracic duct is apparently even more rare than the non-traumatic ...

TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE WITH THOROTRAST HEPATOSPLENOGRAPHY

Excerpt Almost 11 years ago we began to employ thorium dioxide sol intravenously for the purpose of demonstrating radiographically the liver and spleen as first used by Radt1, 2, 3, 4and Oka.5, 6Si...

ACQUIRED HEART BLOCK WITH ADAMS-STOKES ATTACKS DEPENDENT UPON A CONGENITAL ANOMALY (PERSISTENT OSTIUM PRIMUM): REPORT OF A CASE WITH DETAILED HISTOPATHOLOGIC STUDY

Excerpt Heart block due to or dependent upon a congenital anomaly of the heart is rare. Acquired heart block of this kind is even more rare than congenital heart block. Forty-four accepted cases of...

COLD ALLERGY: REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL CASE

Excerpt Cold allergy has been known since 1866, when Bourden1described urticaria and syncope due apparently to cold. However, in 1872 Blachez2gave the first classical description of urticaria from ...

THE DIAGNOSIS OF SOLITARY LIVER ABSCESS BY MEANS OF THOROTRAST HEPATOSPLENOGRAPHY: Report of a Case

Excerpt During the past five and one-half years we have employed Thorotrast for the purpose of demonstrating lesions of the liver and spleen in several hundred patients. This method of roentgenogra...