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Coronary heart disease constitutes one of the major health care problems of the Western Hemisphere: this widespread and life-threatening condition afflicts more than 5 million people in the United States (National Institute of Health 1993). It causes one-third to one-half of all deaths of people between the ages of 35 and 64 years. Up to 13% of middle-aged men in the general population have coronary artery disease, many without symptoms. Consequently, 40%–60% of patients who suffer myocardial infarction or die suddenly present without prodromi (Gould 1988).
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von Lüdinghausen, M. (2003). The Significance of the Proper Vessels of the Human Heart in Statistics and Diagnostics. In: The Clinical Anatomy of Coronary Arteries. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 167. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55807-8_2
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