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RefNoHF/1/17/5/13/252
Previous numbers98HF.162.16.252
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TitleLetter from John B Cleland, Adelaide to Howard Walter Florey
Date4 January 1961
DescriptionWas interested in Florey's lecture on coronary disease - comments on "patchy" nature of atheroma and wonders why it occurs particularly in places listed - increased pressure may explain atheroma in pulmonary artery - comments on this - coronary disease more likely in people with hypertrophied hearts - comments on this - wonders why different blood vessels are affected - asks how Duguid's Theory could explain atheromatous change in vessels at base of the brain - wonders what is the use of comparing blood vessels of coronary cases with those of other people of the same age.
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