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PAUL M. NONKIN, MD; MORRIS M. DICK, MD; GEORGE L. BAUM, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1964;113(1):42-45.

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema is common at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Coral Gables, Fla, and patients with acute myocardial infarctions are admitted with almost epidemic frequency. Yet, despite the ubiquity of both these conditions, they appeared to coexist infrequently. To ascertain whether this clinical impression could be verified, a review of this hospital's experience with these problems was undertaken and serves as the subject of this report. In order to document with certainty the presence of myocardial infarction, only autopsied cases were selected for study.

Cornfield¹ and Mainland² have called attention to the statistical pitfalls encountered in using autopsy material to determine relationships between two potentially fatal diseases. However, while they suggest caution in accepting such relationships on the basis of autopsy study alone, their argument does not refute the possibility that such relationships may exist. They argue that these findings, to have validity, must be confirmed in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CORAL GABLES, FLA

Footnotes
Received for publication May 21, 1963; accepted June 27.

National Institutes of Health, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cardiology, Veterans Administration Hospital (Dr. Nonkin); Chief, Section of Cardiology, Veterans Administration Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine (Dr. Dick); Chief, Section of Pulmonary Disease, Veterans Administration Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine (Dr. Baum).

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