THE CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW IN MITRAL STENOSIS AND ITS RESPONSE TO CARBON DIOXIDE

Abstract
The mean cerebral blood flow measured by the N2O technique in two series of 12 and 13 patients with mitral stenosis was found to be lower than that of 6 normal controls. On inhalation of 5% CO2 in air by the series of 12 patients, the mean cerebral blood flow increased by +31% suggesting this method as a therapeutic increase in the treatment of cerebral embolism when it occurs in patients with mitral stenosis.

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