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MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN A NEW GUINEAN
Author(s) -
Conyers R. A. J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb50634.x
Subject(s) - autopsy , myocardial infarction , new guinea , coronary heart disease , cardiology , medicine , history , ethnology
Coronary heart disease is rare amongst the indigenes of New Guinea. The clinical, laboratory and autopsy findings in one such case are reported here. The virtual absence of coronary risk factors is briefly discussed.