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Z. Fejfar 



Table I 



Relationship between plasma levels of Na+, K+ and HCOj" 



AND CONCENTRATION OF Na+ and K+ IN THE SKELETAL MUSCLE 



MS — mitral stenosis; MI — mitral incompetence; Tri S — tricuspid stenosis; 



Tri ins. — tricuspid insufficiency; H. + I.H.D. — hypertensive and ischaemic 



heart disease. See details in text. 



was found in patient A.Z., with suppuration in the thoracic 

 wound one week after mitral commissurotomy, 24 hours 

 before death. He was by this time in severe metabohc acidosis. 

 The loss of about three-quarters of the muscle potassium was 



