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What are the effects of salt administration and digitalis withdrawal on venous pressure and weight in a patient with chronic congestive heart failure?
What are the effects of salt administration and digitalis withdrawal on venous pressure and weight in a patient with chronic congestive heart failure?
This case report describes the distinct physiological effects of salt loading versus digitalis withdrawal on venous pressure and weight in heart failure.
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Single-case data on salt- and digitalis-induced congestion patterns should not guide therapy; leaves open mechanistic questions on weight versus venous pressure precedence.
A study of the effect of salt administration and digitalis withdrawal as separate factors in the production of congestive heart failure in the same patient is presented. The results indicate two different types of congestive failure relating to these modes of precipitation. Additional information is obtained as to the temporal precedence of weight and venous pressure in congestive heart failure induced by the aforementioned methods.
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Newman et al. (1950) studied this question.
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