Chronobiology of acute myocardial infarction: Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST) experience

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1198-1201

  Peters, Robert W ^a   Brooks, Maria M ^b   Zoble, Robert G ^b   Liebson, Philip R ^b   Seals, A Allen ^b  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASON;

ARRHYTHMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERIODICITY; SEASONS;

EID: 0030338448     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00595-4     Document Type: Article

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