A STUDY OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN WOMEN
Authors: H L WEINRED, E GERMAN, B ROSENBERG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 February 1957A STUDY OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN WOMENHERBERT L. WEINREB, M.D., ELAINE GERMAN, M.D., BENJAMIN ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.HERBERT L. WEINREB, M.D., ELAINE GERMAN, M.D., BENJAMIN ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-2-285 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is well known that myocardial infarction occurs much more commonly in men than in women. Almost all reports on coronary artery disease in the female emphasize a history of diabetes or hypertension as important predisposing factors. Levy and Boas,1 in their series of 169 women with coronary artery disease, found only 7.7% to have neither disease, and "the diagnosis of coronary artery disease is open to doubt in many of these." 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication April 24, 1956.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Benjamin Rosenberg, M.D., Department of Medical Services, Maimonides Hospital of Brooklyn, 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn 19, N. Y. 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COHEN, Ph.D., NORIO HIGANO, M.D. 1 February 1957Volume 46, Issue 2Page: 285-300KeywordsAnginaCholesterolElectrocardiographyHypertensionMenopauseMyocardial infarctionStable coronary artery diseaseThrombosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...