Incidencia de cardiopatía reumática en necropsias del Hospital de San Juan de Dios, Bogotá, Colombia

Abstract

3.343 consecutive necropsies performed in Hospital de San Juan de Dios from january 1954 through june 1961 are reviewed as the inicial part of a morphologic, clinical and epidemiological study of rheumatic fever in Bogotá. The 108 cases, 3.2 per cent, found of rheumatic heart lesions are analyzed and the data obtained compared with similar foreign series.

Como parte inicial de un estudio morfológico, Clínico y epidemiológico de fiebre reumática en Bogotá, se revisaron 3.343 necropsias consecutivas practicadas en el Hospital San Juan de Dios desde enero de 1954 hasta junio de 1961. Se hallaron 108 casos de cardiopatía reumática cuyas caracteristicas se analizan. Los datos obtenidos se comparan con los de series similares. 3.343 consecutive necropsies performed in Hospital de San Juan de Dios from january 1954 through june 1961 are reviewed as the inicial part of a morphologic, clinical and epidemiological study of rheumatic fever in Bogotá. The 108 cases, 3.2 per cent, found of rheumatic heart lesions are analyzed and the data obtained compared with similar foreign series.