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- Title
Coronary Heart Disease and Heart Attacks, 1912-2010.
- Authors
HOWELL, JOEL D.
- Abstract
An essay is presented on the history of heart attacks, or myocardial infarction, and coronary heart disease (CHD) between 1912 and 2010. It examines changes in technologies used to diagnose and treat heart disease, such as the electrocardiograph (ECG), multi-stage exercise tests, and the ballistocardiogram. The author comments on groups that hold a stake in the history of CHD, include physicians, historians, and policy-makers.
- Subjects
CORONARY disease; MYOCARDIAL infarction; MEDICAL technology; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; BALLISTOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE tests; HISTORY of medicine; HISTORY
- Publication
Medical History, 2011, Vol 55, Issue 3, p307
- ISSN
0025-7273
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1017/S0025727300005317