THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF RIGHT SIDED HEART FAILURE (COR PULMONALE)
Authors: I. C. Brill
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 September 1939THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF RIGHT SIDED HEART FAILURE (COR PULMONALE)I. C. BRILL, M.D., F.A.C.P.I. C. BRILL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-3-513 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough the interdependence of the several cardiac chambers in the maintenance of efficient circulatory function is acknowledged, it is nevertheless recognized that the various anatomical and physiological disorders which disturb the cardiac function often affect, at least for a time, one side of the heart more than the other; and that in most instances the early clinical manifestations tend to indicate whether the right or the left ventricle is mainly involved. 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Cor pulmonale in this sense would therefore include all instances of cardiac strain in which the right side is involved on the basis of pathological anatomy or physiology peculiar to that side. However, "cor pulmonale" cannot logically include right sided heart failure occurring simultaneously with failure of the left side of the heart brought about by conditions affecting the heart as a whole, as exemplified by the cardiopathies of hyperthyroidism, acute myocarditis, myxedema, anemia, beri-beri, prolonged paroxysmal tachycardia, and functional persistent auricular fibrillation. In some of these instances, particularly in the beri-beri heart, evidence of right sided heart failure (congestion of the systemic veins and liver) may predominate over pulmonary engorgement; and although the heart as a whole is much enlarged, the dilatation of the right auricle and ventricle as well as of the pulmonary artery may appear especially prominent in the roentgenogram.5 This may be due to the lesser reserve of the musculature of the right chambers, or as suggested by Aalsmeer and Wenckebach, 6 to the fact that the left ventricle is functionally spared by the greatly reduced output of the right ventricle. 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