HEART STRAIN: A CRITICAL REVIEW; THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PHYSIOLOGIC CONCEPT
Authors: Aaron E. Parsonnet, Arthur Bernstein
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 June 1942HEART STRAIN: A CRITICAL REVIEW; THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PHYSIOLOGIC CONCEPTAARON E. PARSONNET, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.P., ARTHUR BERNSTEIN, A.B., M.S., M.D.AARON E. PARSONNET, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ARTHUR BERNSTEIN, A.B., M.S., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-16-6-1123 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMany of the obstacles in the path of modern cardiologic progress have been swept aside in the past 50 years, and the cardiologist of today can negotiate the highways and byways of his specialty with comparative ease. His chief concern at present, therefore, is to keep these hard won pathways of knowledge clear and, from time to time, add his bit to the sum total of amassed information.One field, however, still remains unexplored, that of heart strain. 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