Clinical notes on the illness and death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Medical History1 April 1970Clinical Notes on the Illness and Death of President Franklin D. RooseveltHOWARD G. BRUENN, M.D., F.A.C.P.HOWARD G. BRUENN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-72-4-579 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUntil the past 15 years the illnesses of a President of the United States had not been exposed in the public press. Indeed, in most instances not only have the details been obscure but the very fact that illness existed has been not infrequently denied. In the case of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, rumors about the state of his health began to be bruited about as early as 1936, 9 years before his death*. These speculations continued throughout the remainder of his life and rose to a crescendo of debate and uncertainty after his death. To my knowledge, no factual... This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, New York*High S: Is President Roosevelt a well man today? Liberty Magazine, June 27, 1936. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byStricken Before Election: Presidential Health Crises From 1880 to 2020Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Control Programs in the United States: Time to Use the Knowledge Accumulated to Advance PracticeArteriosclerosis and other diseases in heads of government and its consequences for the populationArteriosclerosis y otras enfermedades en líderes políticos y sus consecuencias para la poblaciónAcupuncture for Hypertension Using Traditional Chinese Medicine ConceptsThe Story of the Silent KillerJames Edgar Paullin: Pioneer in Geriatrics and GerontologyPresident Warren G. Harding and the 5 Doctors Who Managed His Final IllnessAging Heads of State: The Politics of Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive DisordersSTUDY OF CORRELATION OF PULSE PRESSURE WITH FRS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN BANGALOREIncorporation of Novel Vascular Measures into Clinical Management: Recent Insights from the Framingham Heart StudyThe Contribution of Poliomyelitis to President Roosevelt's Heart Failure. A Lesson on the Importance of Vaccinations for Cardiovascular PreventionFamous Epileptics in HistoryNew definition for hypertensionHypertension: An Evidence Informed, Case Based ApproachThe Headache That Changed History: The Most Famous Thunderclap HeadacheDigoxin and Heart Failure: Are We Clear Yet?The strokes that killed Churchill, Roosevelt, and StalinPresident Franklin D Roosevelt (1882–1945) and Doctor Frank Howard Lahey's (1880–1953) dilemma: The complexities of medical confidentiality with World LeadersThe Evolution of Heart Failure Therapy in the Past Sixty Years: One Man's JourneyAn archaeologic dig: A rice–fruit diet reverses ECG changes in hypertensionILLNESS AND DEATH IN AMERICAN PRESIDENTSThe Use of Digoxin in Patients With Worsening Chronic Heart FailureThe Framingham Heart Study and the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease: a historical perspectiveImmune Mechanisms of HypertensionThe Treatment of Hypertension: A Remarkable Success StoryVascular and Heart Diseases in the Incumbent Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States of AmericaPhysical and Psychological HealthStroke: A Modern HistoryThe untold neurological disease of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945)Article Commentary: Dr Ross McIntire, otolaryngologist, and his care of President Franklin D. RooseveltIntroduction and PerspectivePrevention of Heart FailureWORLD LEADERS SURVIVING SERIOUS ILLNESS: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND POPE JOHN PAUL IIAntihypertensive drugs: a perspective on the value of improved blood pressure control in the USASeven Decades of ProgressThe Value Of Antihypertensive Drugs: A Perspective On Medical InnovationA Historical Look at Hypertension: Celebrating 100 Years with the Southern Medical AssociationHistorical Perspectives on the Management of HypertensionMental Illness In U.S. Presidents Between 1776 and 1974Cardiac cachexia in early literature: a review of research prior to MedlineJames Edgar Paullin: Internist to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Oslerian, and Forgotten Leader of American MedicineMark E. Silverman, MD and J. Willis Hurst, MDHypertensive crisesThis Day 50 Years AgoOn the Renal Ailments of Creators and LeadersWhat if? A Chronicle of F D Roosevelt's Failing HealthImpact of antihypertensive drugs on the cardiovascular patientEconomics of antihypertensive therapyWilson, Strokes, and ZebrasDrug Treatment of High Blood PressureBehavioral Methods in the Treatment of Hypertension A Review of Their Clinical StatusALVIN P. SHAPIRO, M.D., GARY E. SCHWARTZ, Ph.D., DONALD C. E. FERGUSON, Ph.D., DANIEL P. REDMOND, M.D., STEPHEN M. WEISS, Ph.D. 1 April 1970Volume 72, Issue 4Page: 579-591 ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1970 PDF downloadLoading ...
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Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, at age 63 from a cerebral hemorrhage, with blood pressure 300/190 mm Hg.
“President Roosevelt died a few weeks later on April 12, 1945, at the age of 63, from cerebral hemorrhage with a blood pressure of 300/190 mmHg.5”
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In 1944, Roosevelt was diagnosed with hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, and cardiac failure.
“The young cardiologist gave the President his first diagnosis of “hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, and cardiac failure.”5”
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Roosevelt had heart failure caused by risk factors that were undiagnosed and later untreated.
“suffering from heart failure due to undiagnosed, and later untreated, risk factors.5”
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- Authors
- BRUENN, H. G.
- Affiliations
- New York, New York
- Corresponding author
- BRUENN, HOWARD G.
- Venue
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- Publisher
- American College of Physicians
- Published
- 1970-04-01
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 579-591
- ISSN
- 0003-4819 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-3704
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- W1512803231
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- journal article
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- en
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › History, Medicine, and Leadership
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Biographical and Historical Analysis
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurology and Historical Studies
- Keywords
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, presidential health, illness, death, poliomyelitis, heart failure, cardiovascular disease
- MeSH terms
- Cerebral Hemorrhage, Cholecystitis, Cholelithiasis, Famous Persons, Heart Failure, Hypertension, Poliomyelitis, Politics, United States, Warfare, History, 20th Century
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