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Acute Myocardial Infarction in an American Traveler in China

Acute Myocardial Infarction in an American Traveler in China Abstract Developed countries have experienced an epidemic rise in the prevalence of coronary artery disease, accompanied by decreasing age of first myocardial infarction. A similar trend appears to be present in the People's Republic of China,1 perhaps as a result of socioeconomic changes that are taking place in that country in the postliberation era. Recent travelers to China have commented on clinical and research activities in coronary artery disease.1-3 The increasing frequency of travel by Americans to the People's Republic of China, together with the high prevalence of coronary artery disease in American men, made inevitable the occurrence of a myocardial infarction in an American traveler during his visit to China. We describe such an event and illustrate the state-of-the-art of cardiology in the People's Republic of China, emphasizing the organizational and political influences determining provision of emergency medical care. The patient's recovery was due to the immediate availability References 1. Chen TO: Cardiovascular diseases , in Quinn JR (ed): China Medicine As We Saw It . Bethesda, Md, US Department of HEW, National Institutes of Health, 1974, pp 261-288. 2. McDermott W, Stead EA Jr: Pattern of disease , in Report of the Medical Delegation to the People's Republic of China . Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1973, pp 50-68. 3. Cheng TO: A view of modern Chinese medicine: Observations by a Shanghai-born physician during his recent visit after 22 years of absence . Ann Intern Med 78:285-290, 1973.Crossref 4. Brown H: Scholarly exchanges with the People's Republic of China . Science 183:52-54, 1974.Crossref 5. Sodi-Pollares D, Testelli MR, Fishleder BL, et al: Effects of an intravenous infusion of potassium-glucose-insulin solution on the electrocardiographic signs of myocardial infarction: A preliminary clinical report . Am J Cardiol 9:166-181, 1962.Crossref 6. Liang MH, Eichling PS, Fine LJ, et al: Chinese health care: Determinants of the system . Am J Public Health 63:102-110, 1973.Crossref 7. Lampton DM: Health, Conflict, and the Chinese Political System , publication 18. Michigan Papers in Chinese Studies, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, 1974. 8. Sidel VW: Barefoot doctors of the People's Republic of China . N Engl J Med 286:1292-1300, 1972.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1976 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-9926
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1538-3679
DOI
10.1001/archinte.1976.03630070048015
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Abstract

Abstract Developed countries have experienced an epidemic rise in the prevalence of coronary artery disease, accompanied by decreasing age of first myocardial infarction. A similar trend appears to be present in the People's Republic of China,1 perhaps as a result of socioeconomic changes that are taking place in that country in the postliberation era. Recent travelers to China have commented on clinical and research activities in coronary artery disease.1-3 The increasing frequency of travel by Americans to the People's Republic of China, together with the high prevalence of coronary artery disease in American men, made inevitable the occurrence of a myocardial infarction in an American traveler during his visit to China. We describe such an event and illustrate the state-of-the-art of cardiology in the People's Republic of China, emphasizing the organizational and political influences determining provision of emergency medical care. The patient's recovery was due to the immediate availability References 1. Chen TO: Cardiovascular diseases , in Quinn JR (ed): China Medicine As We Saw It . Bethesda, Md, US Department of HEW, National Institutes of Health, 1974, pp 261-288. 2. McDermott W, Stead EA Jr: Pattern of disease , in Report of the Medical Delegation to the People's Republic of China . Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1973, pp 50-68. 3. Cheng TO: A view of modern Chinese medicine: Observations by a Shanghai-born physician during his recent visit after 22 years of absence . Ann Intern Med 78:285-290, 1973.Crossref 4. Brown H: Scholarly exchanges with the People's Republic of China . Science 183:52-54, 1974.Crossref 5. Sodi-Pollares D, Testelli MR, Fishleder BL, et al: Effects of an intravenous infusion of potassium-glucose-insulin solution on the electrocardiographic signs of myocardial infarction: A preliminary clinical report . Am J Cardiol 9:166-181, 1962.Crossref 6. Liang MH, Eichling PS, Fine LJ, et al: Chinese health care: Determinants of the system . Am J Public Health 63:102-110, 1973.Crossref 7. Lampton DM: Health, Conflict, and the Chinese Political System , publication 18. Michigan Papers in Chinese Studies, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, 1974. 8. Sidel VW: Barefoot doctors of the People's Republic of China . N Engl J Med 286:1292-1300, 1972.Crossref

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Archives of Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jul 1, 1976

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