New Insights into the Mechanisms of Temporal Variation in the Incidence of Acute Coronary Syndromes

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 495-499

  Strike, Philip C ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian; Coronary; Mechanism; Syndrome; Variation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CIRCASEPTAN RHYTHM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; REVIEW; SMOKING; TIME; WINTER;

EID: 0242353061     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960261103     Document Type: Review

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