The Rôle of Congestive Heart Failure in the Production of the Edema of Acute Glomerulonephritis

Article1 March 1944THE RÔLE OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE EDEMA OF ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITISJOHN S. LADUE, M.D., PH.D.JOHN S. LADUE, M.D., PH.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-3-405 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCongestive heart failure has long been recognized as a distressing complication of acute glomerulonephritis,1 but only recently has the frequency of this complication been appreciated.Murphy2 reports cardiac insufficiency in 17 per cent of 94 cases, Marcolongo3 in 40 per cent of 80 cases, Ellis4 in 20 per cent of 100 cases, Master5 in 33 per cent of 24 cases, Rubin6 in 25 per cent of 55 cases, and Whitehill7 in 71 per cent of 138 cases. 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