DIET AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Authors: L M MORRISON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 December 1952DIET AND ATHEROSCLEROSISLESTER M. MORRISON, M.D., F.A.C.P.LESTER M. MORRISON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-6-1172 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe influence of fat in the diet has been described as an important factor in the causation of atherosclerosis by Dock,1 Hueper,2 Moreton,3 Gofman,4 Morrison5a and other observers. A related theory has developed which holds that atherosclerosis is "a disorder of lipid and/or lipoprotein metabolism," rather than the inevitable result of old age and the hopeless rusting out of the arteries.5bMorrison8has recently attempted to subject this theory further to controlled, statistical study through his detailed observation, over a period of three years, of 100 ambulatory patients with proved coronary atherosclerosis. 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