Familial occurrence of acquired heart valve defect
Schieche, M.
Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Innere Medizin und ihre Grenzgebiete 30(18): 611-613
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-2542 PMID: 1216942 Document Number: 85395
A report is given on a family examination, issuing from 213 persons with an acquired valvular defect for the establishment of further cases on altogether 783 relations of the direct line. In 19 families other 21 patients with an acquired valvular defect were found; this corresponds to a share of 2.7 % of the relations examined and 8.1% of the families affected, respectively. The result repays the expenditure and, apart from this, leads to an essential furthering of the confidence between physician, patient and family as the smallest social unity for prophylaxis, diagnostics, therapy and metaphylaxis of chronic diseases.