B. Jonsson

Effects of Alprenolol on Central Hemodynamics and Exercise Tolerance in Patients with Angina Pectoris

The effect of alprenolol on central hemodynamics and exercise tolerance was studied in 14 patients with angina pectoris. Alprenolol decreased the heart rate and cardiac output during exercise without

Presystolic Mitral Regurgitation in Severe Aortic Incompetence Observed by Cineangiography

Four patients with severe isolated aortic regurgitation following bacterial endocarditis showed an early diastolic ‘functional mitral stenosis’ with a maximal pressure difference across the valve of 5

Red blood cell survival in cyanotic congenital heart disease.

The red cells from patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease were found to have a shorter life span than normal. Red cells from normal individuals transfused in the cyanotic patients survived normally both before and after an operation giving increased arterial oxygen saturation.