TABLE OF CONTENTS
IntroductionReports of CasesReview of Literature and Classification of Cases (with Tables)So-Called Congenital Idiopathic Hypertrophy of the Heart (True Form)
Secondary Form of Hypertrophy (Pseudo-Idiopathic Group)
So-Called Idiopathic Hypertrophy of the Heart (Questionable)
Average Heart Weights in Infants and in ChildrenAnalysis of Dilatation and Hypertrophy Associated with Myocardial Degeneration and FibrosisDefinition Diagnosis History Differential Diagnosis Etiology Roentgen Examination Age Course, Prognosis and Treatment Morbid Anatomy Comment Symptoms Summary
INTRODUCTION
In a previous communication one of us (Dr. Stoloff) collected a series of cases from the literature which were reported as idiopathic hypertrophy of the heart. A review of the literature at that time revealed that fully half of the reported cases were not truly idiopathic hypertrophy of the heart, since there was either myocardial disease or some other etiologic factor found at postmortem examination which could have had a causal