RT Journal
T1 MEdical news
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1969
FD March 3
VO 207
IS 9
SP 1613
OP 1626
DO 10.1001/jama.1969.03150220029004
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03150220029004
AB Myocardial Infarct Healing Variable 
    ;A Lead To New Therapy 
    ?Metabolic responses of heart attack victims during healing seem to differ according to whether the coronary occlusion occurred suddenly, or after a period of increasing chest pain signifying myocardial damage.Findings of this type may eventually lead to different treatment regimens for various groups of patients, Harold E. Lebovitz, MD, told Medical News. But it is too early to draw firm conclusions from his data on 18 patients treated in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. The results support the outcome of similar studies involving other hormonal reactions.Dr. Lebovitz studied rates of insulin and growth hormone secretion because these are the major anabolic hormones in the body. The patients were divided into Group A (sudden occlusion) and Group B (whose infarcts came after 7 to 14 days of increasing pain). Some of the findings: