The Cardiac Output in Congestive Heart Failure and in Organic Heart Disease

Article1 June 1940THE CARDIAC OUTPUT IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND IN ORGANIC HEART DISEASEHAROLD J. STEWART, M.D., F.A.C.P., NORMAN F. CRANE, M.D., ROBERT F. WATSON, M.D., CHARLES H. WHEELER, M.D., JOHN E. DEITRICK, M.D.HAROLD J. STEWART, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, NORMAN F. CRANE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT F. WATSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CHARLES H. WHEELER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN E. DEITRICK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-12-2323 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe mechanism of heart failure is still the subject of investigation. In recent years, however, observations have been made which lead to a clearer understanding of its pathological physiology. In 1932 Stewart and Cohn1published data showing that in human beings "The volume output of blood per minute from the heart which is in failure is diminished and its size larger than when it is in a state of compensation." In addition, there were certain observations relating to dogs pointing to the same conclusions.2Since then Stewart and his associates3have made further investigations of patients suffering from congestive heart...Bibliography1. STEWARTCOHN HJAE: Studies on the effect of the action of digitalis on the output of blood from the heart. III. The effect on the output of hearts in heart failure with congestion, in human beings, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1932, xi, 917-955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. STEWARTCOHN HJAE: Studies of the effect of the action of digitalis on the output of blood from the heart. II. The effect on the output of the hearts of dogs subject to artificial auricular fibrillation, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1932, xi, 897-916. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. 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