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- Published on: 23 November 2015
- Published on: 23 November 2015
- Published on: 23 November 2015Overnight dehydration increases the risk of a morning infarctShow More
Dear Sir, It was with great interest that I read the recent article by A. Suarez- Barrientos and colleagues (1). However, I think there is one very important aspect left out of this very good clinical investigation and that is blood volume. One of the principal problems of heart pumping is having enough blood volume to do this with. If there is insufficient volume then the heart has to alter its rate of contraction, which...
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None declared. - Published on: 23 November 2015CIRCADIAN VARIATIONS AND MELATONIN IN THE ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: STILL A FORGOTTEN EXTRACARDIAC FACTOR.Show More
To the Editor:
We read with great interest the article by Su?rez-Barrientos et al (1) regarding circadian oscillations on infarct size. Although the article is both exhaustive and clinically relevant, we felt that the authors failed in the recognition of the potential value of melatonin in the association between cardiovascular events and circadian variation.
Synchrony between external and internal circ...
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