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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102710

COMPARISON OF CARDIAC OUTPUT DETERMINED BY THE BALLISTOCARDIOGRAPH (NICKERSON APPARATUS) AND BY THE DIRECT FICK METHOD

Richard T. Cathcart, William W. Field, and Dickinson W. Richards Jr.

Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N. Y.

Cardiopulmonary Laboratory of the First Medical Division, New York, N. Y.

Chest Service, Bellevue Hospital, New York, N. Y.

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This investigation was supported by a research grant (H-103) from the National Heart Institute, of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service.

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Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N. Y.

Cardiopulmonary Laboratory of the First Medical Division, New York, N. Y.

Chest Service, Bellevue Hospital, New York, N. Y.

1

This investigation was supported by a research grant (H-103) from the National Heart Institute, of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service.

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Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N. Y.

Cardiopulmonary Laboratory of the First Medical Division, New York, N. Y.

Chest Service, Bellevue Hospital, New York, N. Y.

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This investigation was supported by a research grant (H-103) from the National Heart Institute, of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service.

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Published January 1, 1953 - More info

Published in Volume 32, Issue 1 on January 1, 1953
J Clin Invest. 1953;32(1):5–14. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102710.
© 1953 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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