VIRTUE OF PROMPT ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY IN IMPENDING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: EXPERIENCES WITH 318 PATIENTS DURING A 10-YEAR PERIOD
Authors: E S NICHOL, W C PHILLIPS, G G CASTEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 May 1959VIRTUE OF PROMPT ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY IN IMPENDING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: EXPERIENCES WITH 318 PATIENTS DURING A 10-YEAR PERIODE. STERLING NICHOL, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM C. PHILLIPS, M.D., GUS G. CASTEN, M.D.E. STERLING NICHOL, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM C. PHILLIPS, M.D., GUS G. CASTEN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-5-1158 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe clinical pattern of coronary atherosclerosis is remarkably variable in different subjects, but observation over a period of years reveals that patients fall into groups delineated by the clinical progression of the disease, as depicted in the diagram below.1. 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Sterling Nichol, M.D., Suite 405—Five Fifty Building, 550 Brickell Avenue, Miami 32, Florida. 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