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Title:
RADIOSODIUM TRACER STUDIES IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE ( PROCEEDING OF THE SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, VOL. 63, 1946, PGS. 543-546 ) (PARTIAL)
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Subject Terms:
HREX; SODIUM
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1946 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0004
Accession Number:
NV0702746
Originating Research Org.:
REYNOLDS ELECTRICAL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
THE USE OF A RADIOACTIVE TRACER, SODIUM-22, ON AN APPARENTLY NORMAL CONTROL AND A CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENT SHOWED A MARKED DIFFERENCE IN RESPECT TO THE BEHAVIOR OF THIS SUBSTANCE. (1) THE CONTROL PATIENT EXCRETED AN AVERAGE OF 90 TIMES AS MUCH SODIUM AS THE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENT WHEN BOTH ARE GIVEN SALT. (2) A MERCURIAL DIURETIC RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN SODIUM EXCRETION OF 75- FOLD WHEN THE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENT WAS RECEIVING SALT. (3) A REDUCTION OF SALT EXCRETION OCCURRED IN BOTH WERE SALT INTAKE WAS RESTRICTED. HOWEVER, THE USE OF THE DIURETIC STILL RESULTED IN A 7-FOLD INCREASE IN THE OUTPUT OF SODIUM IN THE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENT. (4) OTHER SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS ARE PRESENTED.