MECHANISM OF HIGH OUTPUT CIRCULATORY FAILURE
Authors: W B YOUMANS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 October 1954MECHANISM OF HIGH OUTPUT CIRCULATORY FAILUREW. B. YOUMANS, M.D., Ph.D.W. B. YOUMANS, M.D., Ph.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-4-747 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFrom time to time physicians have noted certain similarities between the syndrome produced by a systemic arteriovenous fistula and the cardiovascular effects produced by chronic thiamine deficiency.1Not only do the circulatory patterns in these two conditions resemble each other, but also the circulatory changes produced by therapy with large doses of thiamine in patients with beriberi heart disease are similar in several respects to those associated with closure of an arteriovenous fistula.1It has become common practice to refer to the circulatory failure of the type produced by beriberi and arteriovenous fistula as high output failure, in recognition of...Bibliography1. 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