Attenuation or absence of circadian and seasonal rhythms of acute myocardial infarction

Heart

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-329

  Sayer, Jeremy W ^a   Wilkinson, Paul ^b   Ranjadayalan, Kulasegaram ^c   Ray, Saumitra ^c   Marchant, Bradley ^c   Timmis, Adam D ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Autonomic nervous system; Circadian rhythm; Seasonal rhythm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030963910     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.4.325     Document Type: Article

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