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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
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Subject: Symptom of Coronary Heart Disease.
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 01:29:20 EST
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	I think the following fact should be noted.  (It is sort of a trick
question of a type that we medical students commonly ask each other.)

	Q:  What is the most frequent initial symptom of Coronary Heart
Disease (aka Ischemic Heart disease)?

	A: Sudden death (with no prodomal symptoms whatsoever.)
	(Even among those with symptomatic angina, if you stick a 24hr
recorder on them, you find 3/4 of their attacks are painless and unnoticed)

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				Craig Werner
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    "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity."