THE RELATION OF HEART WEIGHT TO THE BASAL METABOLISM AS VARIED BY THYROID ADMINISTRATION

Smith , Francis M.; MacKay , Eaton M.

doi:10.1084/jem.55.6.903

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THE RELATION OF HEART WEIGHT TO THE BASAL METABOLISM AS VARIED BY THYROID ADMINISTRATION

Francis M. Smith,

Francis M. Smith

From The Scripps Metabolic Clinic, La Jolla, California

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Eaton M. MacKay

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Francis M. Smith

From The Scripps Metabolic Clinic, La Jolla, California

Eaton M. MacKay

From The Scripps Metabolic Clinic, La Jolla, California

Received: March 06 1932

Online ISSN: 1540-9538

Print ISSN: 0022-1007

Copyright, 1932, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

1932

J Exp Med (1932) 55 (6): 903–909.

https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.55.6.903

A linear relationship exists in the albino rat between the heart weight and the basal metabolic rate when varied by the administration of active thyroid material. It is suggested that this increase in heart weight which follows the increase in metabolism after thyroid is in the nature of a simple work hypertrophy of the myocardium.

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