Circadian cardiology

World Heart Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-126

  Singh, R B ^a,b,c,d   Gupta, Ashwaria ^a,b,c,d   Pella, Daniel ^a,b,c,d   Kumar, Adarsh ^a,b,c,d  

^a HALBERG HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited   (India)

^c P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^d GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CIMETIDINE; CISPLATIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXORUBICIN; ENALAPRIL; ENDOTHELIN 1; FISH OIL; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HALOPERIDOL; INDOMETACIN; KETOPROFEN; METHOTREXATE; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NUTRACEUTICAL; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; PROPRANOLOL; TERBUTALINE SULFATE; THEOPHYLLINE; UBIDECARENONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVENING DOSAGE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORNING DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; Q WAVE; QT INTERVAL; REM SLEEP; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THORAX PAIN; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASODILATATION;

EID: 77953378446     PISSN: 15564002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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