Why the study?
Does digitalis alter heart size and cardiac output in normal persons and patients with congestive heart failure?
Population
Normal persons and patients suffering from organic heart disease who exhibit signs and symptoms of…
Design
Other
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May guide digitalis use in enlarged hearts; leaves open validation in modern randomized HF trials.
Does digitalis alter heart size and cardiac output in normal persons and patients with congestive heart failure?
Digitalis consistently decreases heart size but has divergent effects on cardiac output depending on whether the heart is normal or enlarged.
Harold J. Stewart (1938) studied this question.
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