Studies on Blood Coagulation and the Effect of Digitalis
Author(s) -
George C. Sutton
Publication year - 1950
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.2.2.271
Subject(s) - medicine , digitalis , coagulation , heparin , endocrinology , cardiology , heart failure
Preceding the study of the effect of digitalis upon coagulation of the blood, the reliability of the Lee and White method was determined in 173 normal adults. The effect of digitalis was then studied in cardiac patients before and after compenation and with normal controls in eacgroup: digitalis in clinical doses; addition of heparin to the blood; the heparin tolerance curve; the substitution of methyl methacrylate (Lucite) tubes; liver function as determined by excretion of bromsulfalein; prothrombin times.
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