Circadian distribution of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with and without structural heart disease in untreated state

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 280-289

  Deguchi, Yoshiaki ^a   Amino, Mari ^a   Adachi, Kumiko ^a   Matsuzaki, Atsushi ^a   Iwata, Osamu ^a   Yoshioka, Koichiro ^a   Watanabe, Eiichi ^b   Tanabe, Teruhisa ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian distribution; Onset; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF); Structural and nonstructural heart diseases; Termination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY SEX; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 68049146046     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2009.00311.x     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Muller JE, Stone PH, Turi ZG, et al. MILIS Study Group. Circadian variation in the frequency of onset of acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 1985 313 : 1315 1322.
2. Hjalmarson A, Gilpin EA, Nicod P, et al. Differing circadian patterns of symptoms onset: In subgroups of patients with acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 1989 80 : 267 275.
3. Muller JE, Ludmer PL, Willich SN, et al. Circadian variation in the frequency of sudden cardiac death. Circulation 1987 75 : 131 138.
4. Willich SN, Levy D, Rocco MB, et al. Circadian variation in the incidence of sudden cardiac death in the Framingham Heart Study Population. Am J Cardiol 1987 60 : 801 806.
5. Rocco MB, Barry J, Campbell S, et al. Circadian variation of transient myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease. Circulation 1987 75 : 395 400.
6. Mulcahy D, Cunningham D, Crean P, et al. Circadian variation of total ischaemic burden and its alteration with anti-anginal agents. Lanset 1988 2 : 755 759.
7. Tsementzis SA, Gill JS, Hichcock ER, et al. Diurnal variation of and activity during the onset of stroke. Neurosurgery 1985 17 : 901 904.
8. Lown B, Tykocivski M, Garfein A, et al. Sleep and ventricular premature beats. Circulation 1973 48 : 691 701.
9. Tanabe T, Yoshikawa H, Tagawa R, et al. Evaluation of antiarrhythmic drug efficacy using Holter electrocardiographic technique. Jpn Circ J 1985 49 : 337 344.
10. Irwin JM, McCarthy EA, Wilkinson WE, et al. Circadian occurrence of symptomatic proxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in untreated patients. Circulation 1988 77 : 298 300.
11. Kopecky SL, Gersh BJ, McGoon MD, et al. The natural history of lone atrial fibrillation: A population-based study over three decades. N Engl J Med 1987 317 : 669 674.
12. Fleinberg WM, Blacxkshear JL, Laupacis R, et al. Prevalence, age distribution and gender of patients with atrial fibrillation. Analysis and implication. Arch Intern Med 1995 155 : 469 478.
13. Yamashita T, Murakawa Y, Sezaki K, et al. Circadian variation of atrial fibrillation. Circulation 1997 96 : 1537 1541.
14. Kannel WB, Abbott RD, Savage DD, et al. Epidemiologic features of atrial fibrillation: The Framingham Study. N Engl J Med. 1982 306 : 1018 1022.
15. Wolf PA, Abbott RD, Kannel WB. Atrial fibrillation: A major contributor to stroke in the elderly. Arch Intern Med. 1987 147 : 1561 1564.
16. Yamashita T, Murakawa Y, Hayami N, et al. Relation between aging and circadian variation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Am J Cardiol 1998 11 : 1364 1367.
17. Brigham C, Arbogart B, Guillaume GC, et al. Inferential statistical methods for estimating and comparing cosinor parameters. Chronobiology 1982 9 : 397 439.
18. Kupari M, Koskinen P, Leinonen H. Double-peaking circadian variation in the occurrence of sustained supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. Am Heart J 1990 120 : 1364 1369.
19. Rostagno C, Taddei T, Paladini B, et al. The onset of symptomatic atrial fibrillation and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia is characterized by different circadian rhythm. Am J Cardiol 1993 71 : 453 455.
20. Rawles JM, Metcalfe MJ, Jennings K. Time of occurrence, duration, and ventricular rate of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Effect of digoxin. Br Heart J 1990 63 : 225 227.
21. Clair WK, Wilkinson WE, McCarthy EA, et al. Spontaneous occurrence of symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in untreated patients. Circulation 1993 87 : 1114 1122.
22. Vincenti A, Brambilla R, Fumagalli MG, et al. Onset mechanism of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation detected by ambulatory Holter monitoring. Europace 2006 8 : 204 210.
23. Coumel P. Neural aspects of paroxysmal atrial fubrillation. In : Falk RH, Podrid PJ (eds. Atrial Fibrillation. Mechanisms and Management. New York, Raven Press, 1992, pp 109 125.
24. Prinz PN, Halter J, Benedetti C, et al. Circadian variation of plasma catecholamine in young and old men: Relation to rapid eye movement and slow wave sleep. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1979 49 : 300 304.
25. Gabauthler J, Adamec R. Triggering of paroxysmal auricular fibrillation. Study using continuous electrocardiographic recording (Holter system). Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1985 78 : 1255 1262.