title: Heart weight and myocardial rupture.
abstract: Many conditions have been shown to be associated with cardiac rupture in acute myocardial infarction, but no common feature, basic to the understanding of the pathology of the condition has hitherto been demonstrated. The ratio of heart to body weight is here shown, on the basis of the findings in 1766 autopsies, to be such a factor; a low ratio predisposing to rupture. The paper further confirms that rupture often occurs within 24 hours of admission and more frequently in patients without previous infarction.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009929:Organ Size; D013997:Time Factors