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Umbilical Vein Pressure in Congestive Heart Failure in the Newborn Infant *
Author(s) -
TAYLOR PAUL M.,
WOLFSON JEROME H.,
BRIGHT NANCY H.,
BIRCHARD EDNA L.,
EGAN THOMAS J.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1959.tb16017.x
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , umbilical vein , cardiology , vein , venous pressure , blood pressure , biochemistry , chemistry , in vitro
Summary Information is presented on 10 infants on whom the diagnosis of cardiac failure was suspected clinically. Measurement of umbilical vein pressure was made in each case, and proved to be of diagnostic value.