Circadian Variation in Myocardial Infarction

Merrill M. Mitler; Daniel F. Kripke; L. E.M. Schwab; Harry B. Burke; James E. Muller

doi:10.1056/NEJM198605013141811

Circadian Variation in Myocardial Infarction

Merrill M. Mitler, Daniel F. Kripke, L. E.M. Schwab, Harry B. Burke, James E. Muller

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To the Editor: The morning peak in incidence of myocardial infarction described by Muller et al. (November 21 issue)¹ is consistent with a number of studies on the circadian distribution of human mortality.² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ Mitler et al. reported on 4920 disease-related deaths randomly sampled from death certificates at the New York City Bureau of Vital Statistics for 1979.⁶ There were 2463 deaths in that sample that were recorded as being due to ischemic heart disease (International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision [Clinical Modification], codes 410 to 414). Like the myocardial infarctions described by Muller et al., deaths…

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1187-1189
Number of pages	3
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	314
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198605013141811
State	Published - 1 May 1986
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Circadian Variation in Myocardial Infarction

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