RT Journal
A1 POTTENGER FM
T1 THe effect of tuberculosis on the heart
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1909
FD October 1
VO IV
IS 4
SP 306
OP 322
DO 10.1001/archinte.1909.00050200013002
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1909.00050200013002
AB A good heart is one of the best assets possessed by a patient suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis. From the earliest infection by the tubercle bacillus it is more or less disturbed in its action, and as the focus of infection grows larger the effect on the heart becomes greater. The deleterious influences which react on the heart are many and from varied sources. The heart problem increases in complexity as well as in importance as the disease advances in severity. While it would seem that, with the present-day knowledge of tuberculosis and the means at our command for making an early diagnosis, we should see a greatly diminished number of cases of advanced tuberculosis in the future, yet I fear that it will be a long time before tuberculosis will be generally diagnosed early; and I do not doubt that any knowledge that may be added bearing on the condition