The effect of steroids in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction with particular reference to histological changes

Frew, Iain D.O (1965) The effect of steroids in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction with particular reference to histological changes. MD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

Many recent reports show that steroid therapy can frequently reverse acute heart block associated with recent myocardial infarction. Numerous animal experiments, however, have shown that such treatment influences the mechanism of the repair of infarcts and there is the possibility that this may be an adverse process resulting in mechanical weakness. Although Anfossi (1963) has shown that steroid therapy can reduce the short term mortality rate in a series of routine cases of myocardial infarction showing normal conduction, very limited knowledge is available on the repair of such human infarcts and the long term prognosis. In this study both the pathological and the clinical aspects of this problem are considered.

• Item Type: Thesis (MD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Additional Information: Adviser: W B Davis
• Keywords: Pharmacology
• Date of Award: 1965
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1965-73847
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 14 Jun 2019 08:56
• Last Modified: 14 Jun 2019 08:56
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/73847