title: Epidemiologic aspects of circadian patterns of cardiovascular disease and triggers of acute cardiac events.
abstract: An appreciation of the existence of circadian variation in association with the onset of acute coronary disease and of the public health and clinical implications of this temporal nonrandom disease occurrence with possible precipitating factors has been gained only over the past decade. Data providing support for the existence of circadian variation in the onset of acute coronary heart disease and the role of acute triggers are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012307:Risk Factors