Abstract
To the Editor: The Journal has once again published anecdotal retrospective information perpetuating the myth of the diagonal earlobe crease as a useful diagnostic sign of coronary-artery disease.1 Further consideration of the data presented by Lichstein et al.2 leads me to question the usefulness of this finding as a predictor of the disease. Using the method described by Schwartz et al.,3 we may calculate the percentage of false-positive findings for this sign. On the basis of data from the National Center for Health Statistics,4 we estimate that 5 per cent of the adult population has coronary-artery disease. Thus, from. No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.
Original language | English (US) |
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Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 297 |
Issue number | 21 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 24 1977 |