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The short-term effects of increasing hemoglobin concentration were evaluated on cardiac catheter-
ization in nine patients with congenital heart diseases and relative anemia. Diagnosis were ventricular
septal defect in six, tetralogy of Fallot in two, and endocardial cushion defect in one. Various
hemodynamic data including pulmonary and systemic blood flow, pulmonary and systemic vascular
resistance and the degree of shunt were compared before and... |