TY  - JOUR
T1  - MEdical news
Y1  - 1969/03/03
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1969.03150220029004
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1613
EP  - 1626
VL  - 207
IS  - 9
N2  - 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:
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03150220029004
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03150220029004
ER  -