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(Chest. 1956;29:258-265.)
© 1956 American College of Chest Physicians

Cor Pulmonale: Its Diagnosis and Management

GEORGE C. GRIFFITH M.D.1

1 Professor of Medicine, Coordinator of Cardiovascular Instruction, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Department of Medicine (Cardiology). Diplomate American Board of Medicine and Cardiology.

Clinicians are faced with three problems in the diagnosis and management of cardiac disease secondary to pulmonary dysfunction: first, the detection of clinical symptoms of pulmonary hypertension: second, the determination of the particular condition or conditions responsible for the hypertension, and the correction of these conditions insofar as possible; and third, the management of the cardiac symptoms. May I stress again the importance of determining the primary cause of the pulmonary hypertension before any treatment is undertaken?






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