Circulatory Adjustments in Heart Disease: A Concept of Circulatory Failure
Authors: Soma Weiss
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 August 1931Circulatory Adjustments in Heart Disease: A Concept of Circulatory FailureSOMA WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P.SOMA WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-2-100 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIntensive clinical and experimental studies of the heart and circulation during the past quarter century have shed considerable light on problems of the cardiovascular system. The accumulated facts, however, are of less aid in understanding the clinical picture of cardiac and circulatory diseases than one would expect. Discoveries with the galvanometer have revealed in detail the mechanism of various disturbances in the conduction of nerve impulses and in the excitability of the myocardium. 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