The definition or Cor Pulmonale not being fully agreed upon, it would probably be best to make our criteria of diagnosing this condition clear. We have stuck to White's original definition, except that congestive heart failure has not been considered an essential component of “the picture, in view of more modern views. We are not in agreement with the school that considers every case of pulmonary hypertension as Cor Pulmonale, be it due to left sided heart diseases even (Brill, 1958). Our main bases of diagnosis have been, (i) no evidence of other heart disease, (ii) definite right heart failure or (iii) at least two of the.
