Lunar phases are not related to the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death

Resuscitation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-189

  Eisenburger, Philip ^a   Schreiber, Wolfgang ^a   Vergeiner, Gernot ^b   Sterz, Fritz ^a   Holzer, Michael ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a   Havel, Christof ^a   Laggner, Anton N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Red Cross Kufstein   (Austria)

Author keywords

Moon phases; Myocardial infarction; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CALCULATION; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOON; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOON; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037313291     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(02)00298-8     Document Type: Article

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