Predicting coronary heart disease from minor symptoms and electrocardiographic findings.

作者：Gwen Rose · 发表于：Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · 年份：1971 · DOI：10.1136/jech.25.2.94 · 被引用次数：32 · 研究领域：Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors

Many coronary heart disease (CHD) deaths and many attacks of myocardial infarction seem clinically to occur as unheralded catastrophes. This is sur prising, considering that pathologically such events are preceded by years of progressive atherosclerosis and ischaemia. The present study estimates the frequency with which minor symptoms and electro cardiographic changes may occur in the years before these major 'unexpected' illnesses.