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Therapy of Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Heart Disease

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Brain and Heart Infarct

Abstract

The treatment of coronary artery disease in the usual hospital setting is dictated by its presentation:

  1. 1.

    angina pectoris

  2. 2.

    intermediate syndrome

  3. 3.

    myocardial infarction

Each of these manifestations of coronary artery disease will be described and essenstials of management presented.

Supported in part by the Veterans Administration Medical Research Information System, Grant Number 1887–01, USPHS NIH Grant No. 06642–12

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Doherty, J.E. (1977). Therapy of Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Heart Disease. In: Zülch, K.J., Kaufmann, W., Hossmann, KA., Hossmann, V. (eds) Brain and Heart Infarct. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66662-9_31

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