Abstract
Coronary heart disease expresses itself usually as angina pectoris or myocardial infarction. At least in Norway, angina pectoris is the more common form, particularly in people under the age of 65. The vast majority of patients with myocardial infarction is admitted to hospitals while the majority of patients with angina pectoris as the sole expression of coronary heart disease seeks a general practitioner if he sees a doctor at all. Therefore the incidence of angina pectoris in the population is less well known, than the incidence of myocardial infarction and consequently the exact prognosis is hard to give.
Highlights
Coronary heart disease expresses itself usually as angina pectoris or myocardial infarction
The vast majority of patients with myocardial infarction is admitted to hospitals while the majority of patients with angina pectoris as the sole expression of coronary heart disease seeks a general practitioner if he sees a doctor at all
ISSN: 2051-7580 (Online) ISSN: 0482-3206 (Print) Res Medica is published by the Royal Medical Society, 5/5 Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AL
Summary
T h e average duration o f angina pectoris p rio r to diagnosis w as 2 1/2years and 25 per cent o f the patients had experienced previous infarction. Abnorm al EG G , cardiac enlargement or previous myocardial infarction have a more serious prognosis while angina pectoris connected with obesitas showed a better prognosis. T h ey m ade the observation that angina pectoris connected with m alig nant disease showed a poor prognosis, a statement I do not find unreasonable. This multifactorial influence on prognosis makes prognostic com parison from one series to another very diffi cult and almost meaningless, when
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