Book Review Silent Myocardial Ischemia Edited by Shlomo Stern. 208 pp. St. Louis, Mosby, 1998. $85. 1-85317-381-9
- 24 December 1998
- journal article
- book review
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 339 (26) , 1950
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199812243392623
Abstract
In the early 1970s, silent myocardial ischemia was defined as a condition in which the myocardium is underperfused, causing transient electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities that are not associated with the usual symptoms of a myocardial infarction (chest pain and dyspnea). Many patients with known coronary artery disease have evidence of transient ischemia without pain during stress testing or ambulatory ECG monitoring. It is also well known that patients can sustain a myocardial infarction without any detectable symptoms. In addition, sudden death is often not preceded by warning signs.Keywords
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