BLOOD PLASMA PROTEINS IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE

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Article1 May 1946BLOOD PLASMA PROTEINS IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILUREGEORGE R. HERRMANN, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.GEORGE R. HERRMANN, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-5-893 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe recognition of oligoproteinemia and more specifically hypoalbuminemia and successes in correction of the significant abnormalities are now commonplace in modern scientific medical practice. Blood plasma protein determination has become practically a routine procedure in diagnostic studies in medical clinics and in our cardiovascular service.Whipple1has summarized the data on the production and utilization, interrelations and modern concepts of plasma protein metabolism. He pointed out that food proteins, after digestion, yielded amino acids which were absorbed from the intestinal tract and carried to the liver. The liver is strategically situated and of sufficient size to perform most of the...Bibliography1. WHIPPLE GH: Hemoglobin and plasma proteins: their production, utilization and interrelation, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1942, cciii, 477. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. HERRMANN GR: (a) Serum calcium, inorganic phosphorus, and plasma proteins in cardiac edema and after diuresis, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1939, xxviii, 263. (b) Some observations on the relation of some blood chemical findings to cardiac function, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1931, xlvi, 360. (c) Some blood chemical findings in congestive heart failure before and after treatment, South. Med. Jr., 1932, xxv, 934. (d) Kidney parenchyma circulating blood plasma and tissue fluids in diuresis, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1940, xxvi, 211. HERRMANN G. R. DECHERD G. M., JR.: Renal parenchyma, blood plasma and interstitial tissues in the maintainence of body fluid equilibrium, Texas Reports on Biol. and Med., 1944, ii, 23. Google Scholar3. CHAVEZSEPULVEDAORTEGA IBA: The functional value of the liver in heart disease, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1943, cxxi, 1276-1282. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. KATZINWALLERBLUMGART HMJVHL: Cardiac cirrhosis of the liver: a clinical and pathologic study, Arch. Int. Med., 1939, lxiv, 457-470. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. GARVIN CF: Cardiac cirrhosis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1943, ccv, 515-518. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. PETERSVAN SLYKE JPDD: Quantitative clinical chemistry, 1931, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 679, 686, 690. Google Scholar7. ELLIS LB: Plasma protein deficiency in patients with cardiac edema, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1933, xvi, 943. Google Scholar8. HAND HM: Concentration of serum protein in different types of edema, Arch. Int. Med., 1934, liv, 215. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. STEWART HJ: Mechanism of diuresis: alteration in the specific gravity of the blood plasma with onset of diuresis in heart failure, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1941, xx, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. CALVIN DB: Changes in albumin globulin ratios following intravenous saline injections, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1940, cxxix, 327. Google Scholar11. GIBSONEVANS JGWA: Clinical studies of blood volume. III. Changes in the congestive failure, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1937, xvi, 851. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. HERRMANNROCKWELL GRPA: Reversible and irreversible disease of the liver with especial reference to the effect of choline, Texas State Jr. Med., 1945, xli, 288. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Galveston, Texas*Presented at the Southern Regional Meeting A.C.P., Memphis, January 25, 1945.From the Cardiovascular Service of the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie Pathogenese des kardialen ÖdemsTHE RETARDATION OF ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILUREPROTEIN-LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY IN CONGESTIVE HEART-FAILUREAlterations in indices of liver function in congestive heart failure with particular reference to serum enzymesPathophysiologie der HerzinsuffizienzDie elektrophoretischen Eiweißverschiebungen bei HerzinsuffizienzNUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN CARDIAC DISEASE*THOMAS M. DURANT, M.D., F.A.C.P.The mechanism of heart failureDietary Management in Heart Disease with Particular Reference to Congestive Cardiac FailureThe Plasma Proteins in DiseasePathogenesis of peripheral cardiac edema 1 May 1946Volume 24, Issue 5Page: 893-899KeywordsBlood plasmaCardiology and cardiovascular diseasesCirrhosisDigestionFoodHeart failureLiverPlasma proteinsProtein metabolismProteolysis Issue Published: 1 May 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...