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Heart attacks: possible risk factor.

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Evidence is assembled from the literature to support the argument that myocardial infarction and death results from narrowing of coronary arteries-a process that may result from various causes, as discussed in this paper. Angiotensin and hypertension are suggested as among the chief components of such processes.

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Adrenal Cortex HormonesAngiotensin IIArteriosclerosisBlood VesselsHumansHypertensionHypertension, MalignantMyocardial InfarctionReninJournal Article

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I H Page. 1972. Heart attacks: possible risk factor.. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.69.7.1813

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