Circadian and seasonal variations in patients with acute STEMI: A retrospective, single PPCI center study

Autor: C Cahill, John Joseph Coughlan, Thomas J Kiernan, Napohn Chongprasertpon
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Chronobiology International. 35:1663-1669
ISSN: 1525-6073
0742-0528
DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2018.1500478
Popis: This was a retrospective observational analysis of all (n = 876) ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) from 2012 to 2016 to determine whether chronological patterns existed in incidence and mortality at our center. Data were obtained from the electronic Cardiology STEMI database in UHL. Statistical analysis was performed using the Independent Samples t Test, ANOVA and Pearson's Chi-Squared test. The rate of STEMI from 0800 and 2259 hours (46.9/hr) was greater than 2300 to 0759 hours (19.1/hr) (p
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