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Editorials1 October 1981Coronary Artery Spasm, Coronary Artery Thrombosis, and Myocardial InfarctionROBERT J. LUCHI, M.D., ROBERT A. CHAHINE, M.D.ROBERT J. LUCHI, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT A. CHAHINE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-95-4-502 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe paper by Herrick (1) linking coronary artery thrombosis to myocardial infarction had a profound impact on our understanding of the genesis of acute myocardial infarction. In fact, for a time the term coronary thrombosis was used interchangeably with acute myocardial infarction. This classical view, although applicable to many cases of myocardial infarction, does not explain all cases. It is now clear that coronary artery thrombosis is not universal in acute transmural myocardial infarction and is much less common in acute nontransmural myocardial infarction.The extensive literature on the relation between coronary thrombosis and acute myocardial infarction (2-11) shows some...
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