CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ADULT HEART DISEASE
Authors: N O FOWLER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 March 1953CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ADULT HEART DISEASENOBLE O. FOWLER JR., M.D.NOBLE O. FOWLER JR., M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-3-478 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe technic of cardiac catheterization was introduced in this country by Cournand and Ranges.2 This procedure has resulted in considerable increase in our knowledge of pulmonary circulatory dynamics and of congenital and acquired heart disease. The method is as follows:In the basal adult, a median antecubital vein is exposed under procaine local anesthesia, and a number seven, eight or nine nylon and plastic catheter, 100 cm. or 125 cm. in length, is inserted. The lumen of the catheter is kept patent by means of a slow drip of 5 per cent dextrose in water, containing 20 mg. of...Bibliography1. Zimdahl WT: Disorders of the cardiovascular system occurring with catheterization of the right side of the heart, Am. Heart J. 41: 204, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. CournandRanges AHA: Catheterization of the right auricle in man, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 46: 462, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. HellemsHaynesDexterKinney HKFWLTD: Pulmonary "capillary" pressure in animals estimated by venous and arterial catheterization, Am. J. Physiol. 155: 98, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. BingVandamGray RJLDFD: Physiological studies in congenital heart disease, I. Procedures, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 80: 107, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. GorlinGorlin RSG: Hydraulic formula for calculation of the area of the stenotic mitral valve, Am. Heart J. 41: 1, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. BingVandamGray RJLDFD: Physiological studies in congenital heart disease. III. Results obtained in five cases of Eisenmenger's complex, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 80: 323, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. HansenEskildsenGötzsche ATPH: Pressure curves from the right auricle and the right ventricle in chronic constrictive pericarditis, Circulation 3: 881, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. HarveyFerrerRichardsCournand RMMIDWA: Influence of chronic pulmonary disease on the heart and circulation, Am. J. Med. 10: 719, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. BurwellDexter CSL: Beriberi heart disease, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 60: 59, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. EngleTaussig MAHB: Valvular pulmonic stenosis with intact ventricular septum and patent foramen ovale. Report of illustrative cases and analyses of clinical syndrome, Circulation 2: 481, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. Blount SG: Personal communication. Google Scholar12. FishmanMcClementHimmelsteinCournand APJAA: Effects of acute anoxia on the circulation and respiration in patients with chronic pulmonary disease studied during the "steady state," J. Clin. Investigation 31: 770, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, New York*Received for publication June 9, 1952.From the Cardiac Laboratory, Cincinnati General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.This study was supported in part by Research Contract V1001 M-432 Veterans Administration. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byExperimental cardiac tamponade: A hemodynamic and doppler echocardiographic reexamination of the relation of right and left heart ejection dynamics to the phase of respirationCor TriatriatumHemodynamic studies in beriberi heart diseaseMITRAL STENOSIS AND LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILUREClassification and differential diagnosis of the myocardiopathiesPathophysiologie der HerzinsuffizienzDer Vorhofseptum-Defekt und das Lutembacher-Syndrom des HerzensEffect of Vitamin Deficiency on the Heart and CirculationStudies of pulmonary hypertension. VIPulmonary "Capillary" Pressure and Its Relation To Left Auricular and Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Mitral StenosisCardiac Catheterization in Heart DiseaseSome variations in the clinical picture of congenital defect of the interventricular septumCARDIAC WORK AND THE CHAIR TREATMENT OF ACUTE CORONARY THROMBOSIS*WALTER S. COE, M.D. 1 March 1953Volume 38, Issue 3Page: 478-511KeywordsCardiovascular therapyCatheterizationCathetersDiagnostic radiologyGlucoseHeart diseasesHospital medicinePulmonary diseasesResearch laboratoriesVeins ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...