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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102666

THE EFFECT OF BREATHING 100% OXYGEN ON THE PULMONARY ARTERIAL PRESSURE IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AND MITRAL STENOSIS

Sidney H. Dressler, N. Balfour Slonim, Oscar J. Balchum, Gerald J. Bronfin, and Abe Ravin

Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver, Denver, Colo.

Department of Medicine of the University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colo.

2

Medical Director of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver.

3

Public Health Service Postdoctorate Research Fellow of the National Heart Institute.

4

Fellow of the National Research Council.

1

Aided by a grant from the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund.

Find articles by Dressler, S. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver, Denver, Colo.

Department of Medicine of the University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colo.

2

Medical Director of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver.

3

Public Health Service Postdoctorate Research Fellow of the National Heart Institute.

4

Fellow of the National Research Council.

1

Aided by a grant from the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund.

Find articles by Slonim, N. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver, Denver, Colo.

Department of Medicine of the University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colo.

2

Medical Director of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver.

3

Public Health Service Postdoctorate Research Fellow of the National Heart Institute.

4

Fellow of the National Research Council.

1

Aided by a grant from the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund.

Find articles by Balchum, O. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver, Denver, Colo.

Department of Medicine of the University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colo.

2

Medical Director of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver.

3

Public Health Service Postdoctorate Research Fellow of the National Heart Institute.

4

Fellow of the National Research Council.

1

Aided by a grant from the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund.

Find articles by Bronfin, G. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver, Denver, Colo.

Department of Medicine of the University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colo.

2

Medical Director of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver.

3

Public Health Service Postdoctorate Research Fellow of the National Heart Institute.

4

Fellow of the National Research Council.

1

Aided by a grant from the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund.

Find articles by Ravin, A. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published September 1, 1952 - More info

Published in Volume 31, Issue 9 on September 1, 1952
J Clin Invest. 1952;31(9):807–814. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102666.
© 1952 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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