The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 983-988 , June 1984

Prognostic significance of isolated sinus tachycardia during first three days of acute myocardial infarction

  • Allen Crimm, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
    • Current address: Pennsylvania Hospital, 700 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106.
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  • Harry W. Severance Jr., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
    • Current address: Department of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
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  • Kathy Coffey, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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  • Ray Mckinnis, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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  • Galen S. Wagner, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. Galen S. Wagner, P.O. Box 31211, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
    • From the Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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  • Robert M. Califf, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

,Accepted 22 November 1983.

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☆ This work was supported in part by Research Grant HS-03834 from the National Center for Health Services Research and the National Center for Health Care Technology, by Research Grant HL-17670 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and by grants from the Prudential Insurance Company of America, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 983-988 , June 1984

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