The "Merry Christmas Coronary" and "Happy New Year Heart Attack" phenomenon

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 3744-3745

  Kloner, Robert A ^a,b  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary disease; Death, sudden; Editorials; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART INFARCTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD; DIET; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART DISEASES; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MORTALITY; SEASONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 11144314670     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000151786.03797.18     Document Type: Editorial

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