PMID: 16518528Mar 7, 2006Paper

Circadian rhythm in sudden cardiac death: a retrospective study of 2,665 cases

Angiology
Christos SavopoulosDimitrios Psaroulis

Abstract

Several studies have reported a circadian variation in sudden cardiac death. The aim of this study was to determine whether in northern Greece sudden cardiac death shows a circadian rhythm and/or a weekly and seasonal distribution. We studied 2,665 sudden deaths due to coronary heart disease from 13,832 sudden deaths that merited autopsy; 1,429 (53.6%) of them were due to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and 1,236 (46.4%) to chronic ischemic heart disease (IHD). The time of death was determined on the basis of autopsy results and witness interviews. There was a circadian rhythm of sudden cardiac death (p<0.010), with a low incidence during the hours 04.00-08.00 (13.1%) and an increased incidence during 20.00-24.00 (19.8%) (p<0.05). Women did not show the same significant circadian variation. Time of occurrence of sudden cardiac death attributed either to AMI or to IHD showed a similar 24-hour distribution (lowest incidence during 04.00-08.00 hours, 12.8% and 13.5%, respectively, and higher during 20.00-24.00, 19.5% and 20.3%, respectively). Weekday distribution of sudden cardiac death showed a significant statistical variation (p<0.005) with the highest frequency on Monday (21.1%) and the lowest on Sunday (7.5%). The same dist...Continue Reading

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