Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-10
Heart Specialist Reports
On Presidents Progress

DENVER. Oct. 10 R.-A
partial teri OF the White
House transcript OF the re-
marks of DR.. Paul Dudley
White at a neUs conference
on President Eisenho,ceT's
condition yesterday folloscs..
DR.. White: ] am very happy
to have with US this afternoon
the doctors in actual attendance
on the President. I wish we
might have had the nurses here
too, because they have done 9
very good job.
I want to thank you. ladies
and gentlemen. for your con-
siderate and accurate reporting
incidentally.
I would like to give first q
summary of the Presidents
present condition two weeks
after his attack. and then oul
recommendations for him for
the next two weeks and for the
weeks after that in less detail
/ can't give too much detail fol
the indefinite future, Of course
As for the Presidents present
condition, when ] examined him
yesterday and this morning. ne
looked and felt well. and his
general circulation--and this !:
always important - including
that in his legs. seems to 81
excellent. His spirits and morale
were good. His mind was alert
and am sure DESTROYS Of and
needing some activity to keer
him from bubbling over and te
protect his heart from the effects
of his over-active brain.
still Getting Sedatiyes
We have kept him daily on
mild ISOLATION. He goes to SLEEP
easily and early at night without
medicines and awakens early In
the morning after some seven OF
eight hours. Then we have CIV
en- him Q small dose Of medicine
which gives him another couple
of hours Of sleep so that his mind
win not become too active toe
early.
When we add to all that an
other period Of an hour or more
during the day In which he usu-
ally maps, nearly half Of each
"a hours is spent at complete
rest.
He has had no symptoms OF
feelings Of trouble for a good
many days now. His tempera-
ture has been normal. When ]
examined his pulse. I found 1t to
be regular and in the low 70s per
minute. His blood pressure has
been normal. Yesterday. for ex-
ample, / found it to be 1872 over
80. ;. This is a very good blood
pressure.
DR.. White: His brathing-and
this is important-his breathing
has been perfectly comfortable
throughout his illness.
His blood examination. his
white blood cells-the luekocytes
have been at a normal figure
for some time. His prothrombirl
time-which is the measure OF
the action of the anti-coagulant
medicine which keeps his BLOOD
from CLOTHING too fast-has kept
at the best level. 20 to 80 per cent
Of normal. ~
His sedimention rate has beer
abnormal from the beginning
and Is now settling back toward
q normal level. That Is common
in this condition.
The X-ray film which wa
taken yesterday at the bedside
showed clear lungs. and norma
size of heart shadow, so far as
we can make out by that type Of
picture.
There has been no evidence Of
trouble in the lungs by X-ray. OF
enlargement of the heart, as yet
The electrocardiogram shows
las already stated during the
past week-a slow evolution OF
the so-called pattern. The heal
ing is going on, and there Is
progressive evidence of that in
the electrocardiogram each day
We have still to wait on the
further electrocardiograms to
stabilize. You see. around the
area of the muscle that has been
knocked out there is a zone Of
muscle--l1ot infrequently a small
circle Of muscle-that is still not
getting all the blood supply il
needs. and 1t takes sometimes
weeks, sometimes months fol-
the collateral calculations to re-
establish itself in that area.
Confirmed by Expert
I think it would be well to say
that when I was in Vermont the
other day, taking my usual few
days of, I asked DR.. Lepechkir
of the University of Vermont
Medical School in Burlington te
come down to meet me in South
ern Vermont. I took this op.
portunity to review all the cleo.
trocardiograms with him. Hi,
opinion was confirmatory to what
! have just told you. the SLOW
evolution, the progressive evolu.
ton of his scar.
@. Would you tell us his first
name?
DR.. White: Eugene. He i!
one Of the worlds authorities or
the electrocardiogram. He is 9
very important authority.
Now we may simply say thai
in view Of all Of the evidence to.
day, that adding up all the find.
irgs. his sense Of well being
as well as his-the X-rays ane
the observation-disclosures and thu
blood tests, that the attack wa.
neither mild nor severe mol
overwhelming. but still in tn,
moderate range. adding up al
this data that we have. There
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