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The prevalence of painless myocardial infarction varies widely in clinical studies, ranging from less than 1% to 38%, with most reports citing a rate near 10%.
The prevalence of painless myocardial infarction varies widely in the literature, typically reported around 10%.
Variable painless MI prevalence estimates warrant symptom vigilance; leaves open standardized incidence assessment.
THAT infarction of the myocardium can occur without pain is a well established fact. To date there is no wholly satisfactory explanation for such occurrences, although several hypotheses merit consideration.1 2 3 There are also differences of opinion concerning the frequency of painless myocardial infarction. In recent years clinical studies of both small and large series of cases with myocardial infarction have given the prevalence of painless cases as from less than 1 per cent4 to a high of 38 per cent.5 Most reports, however, cite a rate somewhere near 10 per cent.The reason for such a large discrepancy primarily concerns . . .
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Walter E. Marghand (1955) studied Myocardial infarction. The prevalence of painless myocardial infarction varies widely in clinical studies, ranging from less than 1% to 38%, with most reports citing a rate near 10%.
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