[The trend of changes in etiologic types of heart diseases in Shanghai from 1948 to 1989].
Analysis of the data from 7188 cases seen in the 1980s two general hospitals in Shanghai and comparison of the data with those in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s revealed that the percentage of heart diseases among the inpatients in medical wards increased in each decades, from 9.89%, 15.69% 20.91% to 23.54% respectively. The constituent ratios of different etiologic types of heart diseases changed. Coronary heart disease constituted the largest proportion, next in number was rheumatic heart disease and congenital heart disease was in the third place. The incidence of congenital heart diseases, myocarditis, cardiac dysrhythmias without organic heart diseases, cardiomyopathy and endocarditis increased and that of rheumatic heart disease, pulmonary heart disease and hypertensive heart disease apparently decreased, syphilitic heart disease was rarely encountered.
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Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical University.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000453:epidemiology