Cardiac Failure

Article1 September 1932Cardiac FailureReport of a Case of Cardiac Decompensation of Fourteen Months DurationEDWARD J. STIEGLITZ, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P.EDWARD J. STIEGLITZ, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-3-406 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is most unusual for cardiac decompensation with severe edema to persist for as long as fourteen months. Cardiac failure and its associated phenomena have been repeatedly described and discussed, but the present instance permitted of long and careful study throughout the latter course of the decompensation, and revealed a number of most significant phenomena which warrant discussion.REPORT OF CASEThe patient, a widow with one child, was first seen June 25, 1928, at which time she was 55 years old. 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