THE ANOXEMIA TEST FOR CORONARY INSUFFICIENCY
Authors: H J WEINTRAUB, L F BISHOP
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 May 1947THE ANOXEMIA TEST FOR CORONARY INSUFFICIENCYHENRY J. WEINTRAUB, M.D., LOUIS F. BISHOP JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.HENRY J. WEINTRAUB, M.D., LOUIS F. BISHOP JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-5-741 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCORONARY insufficiency (with or without the anginal syndrome) may have varying etiologies, which have been summarized by Blumgart, Schlesinger and Davis1and Levy.2, 9It is "that condition in which the coronary arteries deliver less blood than is required for the effective performance of the heart."2The coronary reserve is "considered as being reduced by those factors which decrease the supply of blood, or by those factors which increase the myocardial demands."1Levy and his co-workers2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10have devised an objective electrocardiographic anoxemia test to assist in making the diagnosis of coronary insufficiency....Bibliography1. 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MAINZERKRAUSE FM: The influence of fear on the electrocardiogram, Brit. Heart Jr., 1940, ii, 221. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. MASTERNUZIEBROWNPARKER AMSRCRC: The electrocardiogram and the "two-step" exercise: a test of cardiac function and coronary insufficiency, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1944, ccvii, 435. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. BIÖRCK G: Hypoxaemia tests in coronary disease, Brit. Heart Jr., 1946, viii, 17. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Presented at the Twenty-seventh Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, May 14, 1946.This work was done at the Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. [Appreciation is expressed for the interest and coöperation of Col. Philip S. 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