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The etiology of clinically important cardiac disease has shifted over time, with coronary heart disease now predominating, though the cause of much important heart disease remains unknown.
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Historical perspective on the etiologic classification of heart disease, noting the shift towards coronary heart disease and the unknown etiology of primary myocardial disease and electrical disturbances.
John A. Kastor (1973) conducted an editorial in Heart disease. The etiology of clinically important cardiac disease has shifted over time, with coronary heart disease now predominating, though the cause of much important heart disease remains unknown.
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