Nathan Pritikin's Heart
- 4 July 1985
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 313 (1) , 52
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198507043130119
Abstract
To the Editor: Nathan Pritikin and the principles he publicized have been of interest to physicians for some time. His work has been discussed in many forums, including the Journal. Mr. Pritikin died in February 1985 at the age of 69, and we wish to report the clinical and autopsy findings.In February 1958, the diagnosis of asymptomatic coronary insufficiency was made during a comprehensive medical evaluation. In a Master's two-step test, while Mr. Pritikin's heart rate was 98 beats per minute (56 per cent of the age-predicted maximum), the electrocardiogram showed a 2-mm horizontal ST-segment depression in leads . . .Keywords
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