Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-10-05 | Page 17 | New Heart Treatments Told at Doctor Meet

New Heart Treatments Told at Doctor Meet New diagnostic and operative procedures in the case of congenital congeni congeni- tal heart ailments which were originally used by the doctors at University of Utah medical school were outlined Tuesday during the second days day's sessions of a postgraduate postgraduate postgraduate post post- graduate course in cardiovascular diseases at the Salt Lake General hospital Dr Hans H. H Hect assistant professor of medicine at the university university uni uni- director of the heart station station station sta sta- tion at Salt Lake General hospital and cardiologist at the Veterans' Veterans hospital said that slipping a small catheter into the heart muscle proper to take test samples of blood helps in diagnosing the sort r of con congenital heart defect suffered by the patient and determines whether the difficulty will ill respond to surgery No case of congenital heart disease disease disease dis dis- ease should go without diagnostic tic test he asserted Dr R. R H. H Alway Alvay associate professor professor professor pro pro- fessor of pediatrics University of Utah medical school described the congenital heart ailment as an inborn error in the development of the heart A great many of congenital congenital con con- con P genital heart defects can be helped by surgery he said Approximately 25 practicing physicians a attended the course which will vilI end Wednesday