Editorial: Presentation of myocardial infarction.

Presentation of Myocardial InfarctionProspective studies have given useful information about causal factors in myocardial infarction by showing up those characteristics such as hypertension and cigarette smoking which predispose to the disease.Much less work has been done on defining the presentation of myocardial infarction in the community.While waiting for research to show us how to reduce or eliminate the causal factors, we have to plan how best to use our scarce medical resources to cope with the disease.It is the prime cause of sudden death in middle age, and often leaves severe physical and emotional disability in the survivors.