[Comparative characteristics of the physical, x-ray and hemodynamic data in assessing heart failure in myocardial infarct].
The physical and X-ray findings in 103 patients with acute myocardial infarction were compared with the value of left-ventricular filling pressure (LVFP). The LVFP was determined from the level of end diastolic pressure in the pulmonary artery determined by means of a balloon catheter. On the whole, the congruence was revealed between the X-ray findings and the LVFP. A still more definite picture may be obtained of the LVFP value if the results of physical examination are considered in addition to the X-ray data. At the same time, a disparity arises in some cases between the information obtained by means of catheterization of the pulmonary artery on the one hand and the physical and X-ray methods on the other. This must be borne in mind in applying intensive therapeutic measures, e. g. in cases with acute left-ventricular insufficiency, because erroneous therapeutic tactics may be chosen due to "post-therapeutic delay" of the physical and X-ray symptoms.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure; D011859:Radiography
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