Key result
A study of non-traumatic sudden deaths demonstrated that a strikingly large number of cases had a history of precordial pain and pathological evidence of coronary sclerosis.
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Precordial pain may signal sudden coronary death risk; extends historical links but leaves open modern prospective validation.
Observational
Highlights the historical recognition of precordial pain as a precursor to sudden cardiac death due to coronary artery disorders.
Clough Turrill Burnett (1937) conducted an observational in Sudden cardiac death. Precordial or near-by pain was evaluated on Sudden cardiac death. A study of non-traumatic sudden deaths demonstrated that a strikingly large number of cases had a history of precordial pain and pathological evidence of coronary sclerosis.
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