Cardiac Catheterization and Other Physiological Studies in Fifty Cases of Congenital Heart Disease
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98 Cardiac Catheterization and Other Physiological Studies in Fifty Cases of Congenital Heart Disease SAGE Publications, Inc.1952DOI: 10.1177/000331975200300202 Paul R. Lurie Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine and the Cardiovascular Study Unit, Yale University School of Medicine Frank D. Gray Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine and the Cardiovascular Study Unit, Yale University School of Medicine Ruth Whittemore Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine and the Cardiovascular Study Unit, Yale University School of Medicine INTRODUCTION PART I. METHODS Program of Study Problems of Technique Catheterization The Steady State Problems of Methodology Arterial Saturation Anatomical Assumptions Implicit in the Catheterization Technique Variability of Right Heart Oxygen Content Pulmonary Capillary Flow Estimation Exercise Test PART II. RESULTS Arterial Oxygen Studies Pulmonary Capillary Flow Estimation Exercise Test Passage of Catheter Cardiac Catheterization Integrated with the Other Studies Adverse Reactions SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS APPENDIX: Guide to the use of Angiocardiography and Catheterization in the Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease. INTRODUCTION Recent advances in the surgical alleviation of congenital heart disease have demanded the development of accurate diagnostic methods. The place of the clinical history, physical examination, fluoroscopy, radiography, and electrocardiography has been well established by Taussig (1). Angiocardiography has been rendered a practical