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G.b. Biondo

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Influence of climatic variables on acute myocardial infarction hospital admissions

2009

BACKGROUND: Seasonal peaks in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) incidence have been widely reported. Weather has been postulated to be one of the elements at the basis of this association. The aim of our study was to determine the influence of seasonal variations and weather on AMI hospital admissions. METHODS: We correlated the daily number of AMI cases admitted to a western Sicily hospital over twelve years and weather conditions on a day-to-day basis. Information on temperature, humidity, wind force and direction, precipitation, sunny hours and atmospheric pressure was obtained from the local Birgi Air Force base. A total of 3918 consecutive patients were admitted with AMI over the perio…

MaleMultivariate statisticsmedicine.medical_specialtyClimateMyocardial InfarctionPatient AdmissionEpidemiologymedicineHumansMyocardial infarctionIntensive care medicineWeatherAgedRetrospective StudiesAged 80 and overbusiness.industryIncidence (epidemiology)Climatic variablesHumidityRetrospective cohort studyMiddle AgedSeasonalitymedicine.diseaseSettore MED/11 - Malattie Dell'Apparato CardiovascolareConfidence intervalCold TemperatureHospitalizationItalyClimatic variables acute myocardial infarctionFemaleSeasonsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessDemographyInternational Journal of Cardiology
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Intrahospital complications of acute myocardial infarction in hypertensive patients. A retrospective case-control study

2000

ST depressionmedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryCardiogenic shockIschemiaCase-control studymedicine.diseaseThrombosisPericarditisInternal medicineDiabetes mellitusInternal MedicinemedicineCardiologyMyocardial infarctionmedicine.symptombusinessAmerican Journal of Hypertension
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