Coronary-Artery Disease among Physicians

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IT IS well known by all physicians and even by the lay public that heart disease is at present the leading cause of death in this country. In fact, this has been so for some years. The great increase in the prevalence of this disease that has taken place during the last few decades has resulted mainly, if not entirely, from the increase in the number of cases of coronary-artery disease, hypertensive heart disease and other types of nonvalvular heart disease. There is no evidence that rheumatic valvular disease has been a factor in this change, and it is fairly . . .

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