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TREATMENT OF ANGINA PECTORIS WITH PROPYLTHIOURACIL*
- LEO WAITZKIN, M.D.
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Total thyroidectomy in the treatment of angina pectoris, first performed in 1933 by Blumgart, Levine and Berlin,1 was employed over a period of years until the lack of sufficiently favorable results led to virtual abandonment of the procedure. Not only was there a fairly serious operative risk but, if the patient's angina was not ameliorated, he was then left with an additional disorder, myxedema. Nevertheless, a review of the literature concerning total thyroidectomy in the treatment of angina indicates that some patients obtained considerable relief following operation. It must be remembered, of course, that the natural course of angina is
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Acknowledgment
The author is indebted to Dr. Douglas Riggs, of the Harvard Medical School, for the determinations of the serum precipitable iodine.
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↵* Received for publication September 13, 1949.
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From the Medical Service, Cushing Veterans Administration Hospital, Framingham, Massachusetts.
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Published with the permission of the Chief Medical Director, Veterans Administration, who assumes no responsibility for the opinions expressed or the conclusions drawn by the author.
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