THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CHANGING PATTERNS OF ANGINA PECTORIS
Authors: H LEVY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 June 1956THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CHANGING PATTERNS OF ANGINA PECTORISHYMAN LEVY, M.D.HYMAN LEVY, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-6-1123 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe clinical course of coronary artery disease is punctuated by bouts of coronary insufficiency of variable intensity and duration. Patients who exhibit a distinct alteration in a previously established pattern of angina are worthy of study to determine the development and mode of termination in such activated forms of anginal pain.MATERIALThe clinical material comprises 158 patients who were observed at one time or another during the six year period (1948-1953) of this study. All patients were seen at one office devoted to consultation for cardiac diseases. All patients with coronary disease were viewed with the object of including...Bibliography1. 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CASTEN, M.D.Clinical aspects of coronary heart diseaseIntractable AnginaChest Pain with Inverted T Waves, Predominantly in Precordial Leads, as the Only Electrocardiographic Abnormality 1 June 1956Volume 44, Issue 6Page: 1123-1135KeywordsAnginaCoronary arteriesElectrocardiographyHeart diseasesNecrosisStable coronary artery diseaseThrombosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...