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Report of Seventy-Two Cases

DON W. CHAPMAN, M.D.; DAVID M. EARLE, M.D.; LLOYD J. GUGLE, M.D.; RUSSELL A. HUGGINS, Ph.D.; WALTER ZIMDAHL, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1949;84(4):640-659.

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RRECENT advances in the surgical alteration¹ and correction of certain congenital defects of the heart and the great vessels make it imperative that more exact diagnoses of such lesions be made. Intravenous catheterization of the heart has been found to be a most useful aid in ascertaining the condition when such congenital abnormalities are suspected. Forssmann,² in 1929, first introduced the method by catheterizing his own heart. In 1941, Cournand and Ranges³ emphasized its applicability to the study of certain physiologic changes that occur in various types of heart disease. Blood samples may be obtained from various parts of the venous system, from the right side of the heart and from the pulmonary artery and its branches for estimation of the oxygen content. At the same sites, the blood pressure may be determined with a Hamilton manometer⁴ or similar apparatus. Other investigators⁵ have used this method to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
HOUSTON, TEXAS

From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Pharmacology and Roentgenology, Baylor University College of Medicine.

Footnotes
Reports of 23 of the cases were used in a preliminary report.

This work was made possible in part through a grant from the M. D. Anderson Foundation.

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