TY - JOUR T1 - POssible hazards of high fat diets in coronary disease AU - PLOTZ M Y1 - 1949/03/05 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1949.02900270007002 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 623 EP - 626 VL - 139 IS - 10 N2 - It is the purpose of this paper to emphasize one of the problems confronting gastroenterologists in the management of the patient with coronary disease. There does not seem to be any special predilection for the development of peptic ulcer in persons with coronary disease, although some workers have stated the belief that there is.1 In any case, since both diseases are common in men in the middle decades of life, it is not remarkable that cardiologists and gastroenterologists should be called on fairly frequently to treat patients having both conditions.The main body of this paper is to be devoted to some hazards in the management of the patient with ulcer with the dietary regimen commonly employed in this country, a diet which contains large amounts of fat and cholesterol. I do not wish to be too dogmatic about the presentation of a subject which is still controversial, namely, SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02900270007002 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900270007002 ER -