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Radiochromium-tagged red cell blood volume measurement identified hypervolemia in the majority of right ventricular failure patients, but not in left ventricular failure or mitral stenosis alone.
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Whole blood volume can be measured quite accurately by the use of radiochromium. The amount of radiation is very low; the radiochromium stays fixed in red blood cells for many hours and does not leave the circulation as may happen when plasma tags are employed. Hypervolemia was found in the majority of patients with right ventricular failure but not in those with left ventricular failure or mitral stenosis alone.
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Reilly et al. (1954) conducted an observational in Right ventricular failure, left ventricular failure, or mitral stenosis. Radiochromium-tagged red blood cells (whole blood volume measurement) / Right ventricular failure vs. Left ventricular failure or mitral stenosis alone was evaluated on Hypervolemia (whole blood volume). Radiochromium-tagged red cell blood volume measurement identified hypervolemia in the majority of right ventricular failure patients, but not in left ventricular failure or mitral stenosis alone.
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