Does the circadian pattern for acute cardiac events presentation vary with fasting?

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-33

  Al Suwaidi, J ^a   Bener, A ^a   Gehani, A A ^a   Behair, S ^a   Mohanadi, D Al ^a   Salam, A ^a   Binali, H A Al ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary heart disease; Ramadan fasting

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; SLEEP TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FASTING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QATAR; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33645014862     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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