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R S FRASER

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PubMed1964

ABO BLOOD GROUPS IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL AND RHEUMATIC VALVULAR HEART DISEASE.

ABO blood groups were determined in 404 patients who had cardiac surgery for heart disease; 136 of these patients had rheumatic valvular heart disease and 268 had congenital heart disease. The incidence of each ABO blood group was compared to a control series of 2171 patients by means of the varkappa(2) test. There was no statistical difference in the incidence of ABO blood group when patients with congenital and rheumatic valvular heart disease were compared with the control group.

ABO Blood-Group System↗
PubMed1963

HYPOVENTILATION, CYANOSIS AND POLYCYTHEMIA IN A THIN MAN.

A lack of respiratory centrogenic drive of undetermined origin is a rare cause of cyanosis. In this condition, voluntary hyperventilation restores arterial oxygen saturation to normal. Secondary changes consist of polycythemia, somnolence, headache and right heart failure. The present report of a 43-year-old thin man with idiopathic alveolar hypoventilation is combined with a review of 12 similar patients reported by others. His resting oxygen saturation increased from 60% to 98% with hyperventilation. The pulmonary artery pressure was 68/26 mm. Hg and cardiac output 12.3 l./min. Death resulted from pulmonary infarction, and no specific abnormalities were found in the brain.

Cyanosis↗