Edited by Fredric J. Pashkow and William A. Dafoe. 391 pp. Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1993. $59. ISBN 0-683-06780-X.
Deaths from cardiovascular diseases, principally acute myocardialinfarction and cerebrovascular accidents, have decreased substantiallyover the past two decades, largely as a result of aggressiveantihypertensive therapy, the recognition of the hazards oftobacco abuse, improved nutritional patterns coupled with adecrease in cholesterol values in the general population, andan increased emphasis on physical activity. Survival has increasedbecause of advances in acute care and cardiac surgery. However,these developments have produced a growing population of patientswho have survived a myocardial infarction or who have a stable,if not controlled, pattern of angina pectoris due to atheroscleroticcoronary . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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