SPLENIC ENLARGEMENT IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND ACTIVE RHEUMATIC INFECTION
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Splenic enlargement in congestive heart failure and active rheumatic infection.
It is generally stated that the spleen rarely if ever enlarges sufficiently to become palpable in uncomplicated congestive heart failure. Rolleston (1908) and Held (1919) both concluded that a palpable spleen in congestive failure was due to some complication. Talley and Lindsey (1924) in 198 cases ofcongestive failure in adults found 3 with palpable spleens. Fishberg (1940) in discussing the q...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1951
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.13.2.212