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Atrial septal defect: Study of hemodynamics by the technique of right heart catheterization.

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Am. J. med. Sci., 210, 480-491. 1945 CE.

The first description of the use of a cardiac catheter as a diagnostic tool, in this case a congenital heart defect. The authors worked in the laboratory of Eugene Stead, Jr. at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Entry Number#10653
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/12846
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